Telecom & Wireless Industry Acronyms

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x-ESS
series
of
"Electr
onic
Switch
ing
Syste
ms"
from
AT&T/
1-ESS Lucent

Third
Genera
tion
(Mobil
e
Networ
3G k)

Third-
Genera
tion
Partne
rship
3GPP Project
 Three
Way
3WC calling

Fourth
-
Genera
tion
Langu
4GL age
Freeph
800 or 888 one

Series
of LAN
standa
rds
develo
ped by
802.x IEEE

Emerg
ency
teleph
one
numbe
r in
North
Americ
911 a

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A
 Alterna
tive
Acces
s
AAV Vendor

Availa
ble Bit
ABR Rate

Acces
s
Contro
l, or
Alterna
ting
Curren
t, or
Authen
ticatio
n
Center
(also
AC AUC)
Autom
atic
Call
Distrib
ACD utor
Authen
ticatio
n
Encryp
ACE tion
 Authen
ticatio
n
Encryp
tion
ACEK Key

Ackno
wledge
ACK ment

Acces
s
Contro
ACP l Point

Author
ization
and
Call
Routin
g
Equip
ACRE ment

Add-
Drop
Multipl
exer
(SDH
Eleme
ADM nt)
 Adapti
ve
Differe
ntial
Pulse
Code
Modul
ADPCM ation

Asym
metric
Digital
Subscr
iber
ADSL Line

Air-
Groun
d
Radiot
elepho
ne
Autom
ated
Servic
AGRAS e

Autom
atic
Identifi
cation
of
Outwar
d
Dialed
AIOD calls
 Advan
ced
Intellig
ent
Networ
k
(ANSI
IN
Standa
AIN rd)

Authen
ticatio
A-key n key

Autom
atic
Locati
on
Inform
ALI ation
Amplit
ude
Modul
AM ation

Advan
ced
Mobile
Phone
Syste
AMPS m
 Autom
atic
Numbe
r
Identifi
ANI cation

Advan
ced
Networ
k
Servic
ANS es

Americ
an
Nation
al
Standa
rds
Institut
ANSI e

ANSI
standa
rd for
mobile
manag
ement
(ANSI/
TIA/EI
ANSI-41 A-41)
 ADSL
Networ
k
Termin
ANT ator

Angle
of
AOA Arrival
Americ
a On
Line
AOL (ISP)

Applic
ation
Progra
mming
Interfa
API ce

Advan
ced
Progra
m-to
Progra
m
Comm
unicati
ons
(IBM
APPC SNA)
 Advan
ced
Peer-
to-Peer
Networ
k (IBM
APPN SNA)

Attach
ed
Resour
ce
Compu
ter
Networ
k
(Datap
ARCnet oint)

Advan
ced
Radio
Data
Inform
ation
Servic
ARDIS e

Addres
s
Resolu
tion
Protoc
ARP ol
 Advan
ced
Resear
ch
Project
s
Agenc
ARPA y

Averag
e
Reven
ue Per
ARPU User
ARPA
Networ
ARPANET k

Autom
atic
Repeat
Reque
ARQ st
Autom
atic
Route
Selecti
ARS on
 Americ
an
Standa
rd
Code
for
Inform
ation
Interch
ASCII ange

Applic
ation-
Specifi
c
Integra
ted
ASIC Circuit

Abstra
ct
Syntax
Notatio
n1
ASN.1 (ISO)

Applic
ation
Servic
e
Provid
ASP er
 Autom
atic
Send
Receiv
e,
Autom
atic
Speec
h
Recog
ASR nition

Americ
an
Teleph
one &
Telegr
AT&T aph

Allianc
e for
Teleco
mmuni
cation
s
Industr
y
Solutio
ns
(forme
rly
ATIS ECSA)
 Async
hronou
s
Transf
er
Mode,
Autom
atic
Teller
Machin
ATM e

Advan
ced
Televis
ion
Syste
ms
Commi
ATSC ttee
Attach
ment
Unit
Interfa
AUI ce

Americ
an
Wire
AWG Gauge
 Series
of
electro
nic
teleph
one
exchan
ges
from
L.M.
Ericss
AXE 10 on

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Busine
ss-to-
Busine
B2B ss

Busine
ss-to-
Consu
B2C mer

Binary
Eight
Zero
Substit
B8ZS ution
 Bandw
idth
Allocat
ion
Contro
l
Protoc
BACP ol

Bulleti
n
Board
Syste
BBS m

Bell
Comm
unicati
ons
Resear
ch, Inc.
(Now
Telcor
Bellcore dia)
Back-
End
Proces
BEP sor
Bit
Error
BER Rate
 Bit
Error
Rate
Test
(or
BERT Tester)

Basic
Input-
Output
Syste
BIOS m

Broad
band
B-ISDN ISDN

Bell
Operat
ing
Compa
ny
BOC (USA)

Bandw
idth
On
Deman
d
Interop
erabilit
y
BONDING Group
bits
per
secon
bps d
 Basic
Rate
Interfa
ce
BRI (ISDN)

Base
BS Station

Base
Station
Contro
ller, or
Binary
Synchr
onous
Comm
unicati
ons
BSC (IBM)

Base
Station
Sub-
system
BSS (GSM)
 Busine
ss
Suppo
rt
Syste
BSS ms

Base
Transc
eiver
BTS Station

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Compu
ter-
Aided
CAD Design

Compu
ter-
Aided
Manuf
acturin
CAM g
 Custo
mized
Applic
ations
for
Mobile
-
networ
k
Enhan
ced
Logic
(GSM/
CAMEL ETSI)

Campu
s Area
Networ
CAN k

Canadi
an
Networ
k for
Advan
cemen
t of
Resear
ch,
Industr
y,
Educat
CANARIE ion
 Compe
titive
Acces
s
Provid
CAP er

Comm
on
ISDN
API
Servic
CAPS e

Cable
Antenn
a
Relay
Servic
CARS es

Compu
ter-
Aided
Softwa
re
Engine
CASE ering

Cable
Televis
ion or
Comm
unity
Antenn
a
Televis
CATV ion
 Cellula
r
Authen
ticatio
n and
Voice
Encryp
CAVE tion

Citizen
CB s Band

Consta
nt Bit
CBR Rate
Clear
Chann
el
Capabi
CCC lity

Comm
on
Contro
l
Chann
CCCH el

Charge
Couple
d
CCD Device
 Comité
Consul
tatif
Interna
tional
des
Radioc
ommu
nicatio
ns
(now
CCIR ITU-R)

Comité
Consul
tatif
Interna
tional
des
Télégr
aphes
et
Téléph
ones
(now
CCITT ITU-T)
 Custo
mer
Contro
lled
Reconf
igurati
CCR on

Comm
on
Chann
el
Signali
CCS ng

Comm
on
Chann
el
Signali
ng
Syste
CCSS6 m#6
Compa
ct
Disk-
Record
CD-R able

Compa
ct
Disk-
Read-
Only
Memor
CD-ROM y
 Code
Divisio
n
Multipl
e
Acces
CDMA s
Comm
unity
Dial
CDO Office

Cellula
r
Digital
Packet
CDPD Data

Call
Detail
CDR Record

Central
Office
Excha
nge
(PBX-
like
Servic
CENTREX e)
 Confer
ence
of
Europe
an
Posts
and
Teleco
mmuni
cation
CEPT s

Centre
Europé
en de
Recher
che
Nucléa
CERN ire

Cellula
r
Geogr
aphic
Servic
e
CGSA Areas

Commi
tted
Inform
ation
CIR Rate
 Custo
m
Local
Area
Signali
ng
Servic
CLASS es

Compe
titive
Local
Excha
nge
CLEC Carrier

Calling
Line
Identifi
CLI cation

Comm
unicati
ons
Manag
ement
Associ
CMA ation
 Comm
on
Manag
ement
Inform
ation
Protoc
ol
CMIP (ISO)

Comm
on
Manag
ement
Inform
ation
Servic
es
CMIS (ISO)

Comm
on
Manag
ement
Inform
ation
Servic
e
Eleme
nt
CMISE (ISO)
 Compl
ement
ary
Metal
Oxide
Semic
onduct
CMOS ors

Comm
ercial
Mobile
Radio
Servic
CMRS e

Centre
Nation
al
d'Étud
es en
Téléco
mmuni
cation
s
(Franc
e
Teleco
CNET m)
 Calling
Numbe
r
Identifi
CNI cation

Central
CO Office
Coder/
decod
Codec er

Conce
CON ntrator

Cell of
COO Origin

Comm
on
Object
Reque
st
Broker
Archite
cture
CORBA (OMG)
 Central
Office
Termin
COT al

Compa
ct
Periph
eral
Compo
nent
Interco
cPCI nnect

Custo
mer
Premis
es
Equip
CPE ment

Cisco
Power
ed
Networ
k
(Ingred
ient
CPN Band)

Calling
Party
CPP Pay
 Cycles
per
secon
d
CPS (Hertz)

Central
Proces
sing
CPU Unit

Cyclic
Redun
dancy
CRC Check

Custo
mer
Relatio
nship
Manag
CRM ement

Carrier
Servici
ng
CSA Area
 Comm
unicati
ons
Servic
es
Manag
CSM ement

Carrier
Sense
Multipl
e
Acces
s with
Collisi
on
Detecti
CSMA/CD on

Custo
mer
Servic
e
Repres
entativ
CSR e

Chann
el
Servic
CSU e Unit
 Cordle
ss
Teleco
mmuni
cation
CT s

Compu
ter
Teleph
ony
Integra
CTI tion

Cellula
r
Teleco
mmuni
cation
s
Industr
y
Associ
CTIA ation

Coppe
r Local
Cu Loop

Closed
User
Group
CUG s

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Digital
Advan
ced
Mobile
Phone
Servic
D-AMPS e

Destin
ation
Addres
DA s

Deman
d
Acces
s
Protoc
DAP ol

Defens
e
Advan
ced
Resear
ch
Project
s
Agenc
DARPA y

Digital
Audio
DAT Tape
 deciBe
dB l

Databa
se
Manag
ement
Syste
DBMS m
Direct
Broadc
ast
Satellit
DBS e

Data
Comm
unicati
ons
Equip
ment,
or
Distrib
uted
Compu
ting
Enviro
DCE nment

Distrib
ution
and
Contro
DCU l Unit
 Direct
Distan
ce
DDD Dialing

Dataph
one
Digital
Servic
DDS e

Digital
Enhan
ced
(forme
rly,
Europe
an)
Cordle
ss
Teleco
mmuni
DECT cation
Data
Encryp
tion
Standa
DES rd

Digital
Loop
Carrier
Syste
DLCS m
 Dynam
ic Link
DLL Library
Digital
Line
DLU Unit

Distrib
uted
Manag
DM ement

Distrib
uted
Manag
ement
Enviro
nment
DME (OSF)

Distrib
uted
Manag
ement
Interfa
DMI ce
 Digital
Multipl
ex
Switch
(Nortel
Networ
ks
Switch
ing
Produc
t
Family
DMS
100,
200,
DMS …)
Discret
e
Multito
DMT ne

Deskto
p
Manag
ement
Task
DMTF Force
 Digital
Networ
k
Archite
cture
(Digital
Equip
ment
Corpor
DNA ation)

Domai
n
Name
Servic
e DoD
Depart
ment
of
Defens
e
DNS (USA)
Disk
Operat
ing
Syste
DOS m
Data
Over
DOV Voice
 Differe
ntial
Pulse
Code
Modul
DPCM ator

Digital
Servic
e,
Digital
DS Signal

Digital
Signal,
Level 0
(64
DS-0 kbps)

Digital
Signal,
Level 1
(1.544
DS-1 Mbps)
 Digital
Signal,
Level
1C
(3.152
DS-1C Mbps)

Digital
Signal,
Level 2
(6.312
DS-2 Mbps)

Digital
Signal,
Level 3
(44.736
DS-3 Mbps)
 Digital
Signal,
Level 4
(274.17
6
DS-4 Mbps)

Digital
Speec
h
Interpo
DSI lation

Digital
Subscr
iber
DSL Line

Digital
Signal
Proces
DSP sor

Decisi
on
Suppo
rt
Syste
DSS m
 Digital
Servic
DSU e Unit

Docum
ent
Transf
er and
Manip
ulation
DTAM (ISO)
Data
Termin
al
Equip
DTE ment
Dual-
Tone
MultiFr
equen
DTMF cy

Data
Transf
DTU er Unit

Digital
Televis
DTV ion
 Digital
Video
Broadc
DVB asting

Dense
Wavele
ngth
Divisio
n
Multipl
DWDM exing
Data
Excha
nge
Interfa
DXI ce

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End-
E2E to-End
 Enhan
ced
emerg
ency
teleph
one
numbe
E-911 r (USA)

Ear
and
Mouth,
or
recEiv
e and
transM
it
(signal
E&M ing)

Expan
ded
Time
Divisio
n
Multipl
e
Acces
E-TDMA s

Enterp
rise
Applic
ation
Integra
EAI tion
 Extend
ed
Binary
Coded
Decim
al
Interch
ange
Code
EBCDIC (IBM)

Europe
an
Comm
EC unity

Europe
an
Comm
unity
Manuf
acturer
s
Associ
ECMA ation
 Excha
nge
Carrier
Standa
rds
Associ
ation
(now
ECSA ATIS)

Enhan
ced
Data
for
GSM
Evoluti
EDGE on

Electro
nic
Data
Interch
EDI ange

Electro
nically
Erasab
le
Read-
Only
Memor
EEROM y
 Engine
ering,
Furnis
hing
and
Installa
EF&I tion

Electro
nic
Funds
Transf
EFT er

Extrem
ely
High
Freque
ncy
(more
than
30
EHF GHz)

Electro
nic
Industr
ies
Associ
EIA ation

Equip
ment
Identit
y
Regist
EIR er
 Extend
ed
Industr
y
Standa
rd
Archite
EISA cture

Europe
,
Middle
East &
Africa
(Busin
ess
Region
EMEA )

Eleme
nt
Manag
ement
Layer/
Eleme
nt
Manag
ement
Servic
EML/EMS e
 Enhan
ced
Messa
ging
Servic
EMS es

Enhan
ced
Networ
k
Servic
ENS es

End of
Trans
missio
EOT n

Extern
al
Provisi
oning
Interfa
EPI ce

Europe
an
Radio
Messa
ge
Syste
m
(stand
ard for
pagers
ERMES )
 Enterp
rise
Resour
ce
Manag
ERP ement

Enterp
rise
Syste
m
Conne
ction
ESCON (IBM)

Enhan
ced
Specia
lized
Mobile
ESMR Radio

Europe
an
Teleco
mmuni
cation
s
Standa
rd
Institut
ETSI e
Europe
an
EU Union

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 F

Financ
ial
Accou
nting
Standa
rds
Board
FASB (USA)
File
Allocat
ion
FAT Table

Frame
Contro
l, or
Fiber
Chann
FC el
 Fault,
Config
uration
,
Accou
nts,
Perfor
mance,
Securit
FCAPS y (ISO)

Federa
l
Comm
unicati
ons
Commi
ssion
FCC (USA)

Frame
Check
Seque
FCS nce

Freque
ncy
Divisio
n
FDD Duplex
 Fiber
Distrib
uted
Data
Interfa
FDDI ce

Federa
l
Deposi
t
Insura
nce
Corpor
ation
FDIC (USA)

Freque
ncy
Divisio
n
Multipl
exing
Multipl
e
Acces
FDMMA s
Front-
End
Proces
FEP sor
 Freque
ncy
Hoppin
g
Spread
Spectr
FHSS um

First-In
First-
FIFO Out

Fiber
In The
FITL Loop
Freque
ncy
Modul
FM ation

Fraud
Manag
ement
Syste
FMS m
Fiber
FO Optic

Fax on
Deman
FOD d

Frame
FR Relay
 Frame
Relay
Acces
s
Device
, or
Assem
bler/
Disass
FRAD embler

Family
Radio
Servic
FRS e

Freque
ncy-
Shift
FSK Keying
Fixed
Satellit
e
Syste
FSS m
 File
Transf
er,
Acces
s, and
Manip
ulation
FTAM (ISO)

Fractio
FT1 nal T1

File
Transf
er
Protoc
ol
(TCP/I
FTP P)

Federa
l
Teleco
mmuni
cation
s
Syste
FTS m

Fiber
To The
Buildin
FTTB g

Fiber
To The
FTTC Curb
 Fibre
To The
FTTK Kerb

Fiber
To The
FTTH Home
Fixed
Wirele
ss
Acces
FWA s

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Global
Area
Networ
GAN k

Genera
l
Agree
ment
on
Tariffs
and
GATT Trade

Gb gigabit
gigaby
GB te
 Generi
c
Digital
Servic
GDS es

Geosta
tionary
-Earth-
GEO Orbit

gigaHe
rtz
(billion
s of
cycles
per
secon
GHz d)

Geogr
aphic
Inform
ation
Syste
GIS m

Genera
l
Mobile
Radio
Servic
GMRS e
 Gover
nment
Open
Syste
ms
Interco
nnecti
on
Profile
GOSIP (USA)

Genera
l
Packet
Radio
Servic
GPRS e

Global
Positio
ning
Syste
GPS m
GPRS
Roami
ng
Excha
GRX nge
 Genera
l
Servic
es
Admini
stratio
n
GSA (USA)

Global
Syste
m for
Mobile
teleco
mmuni
cation
s, or
Group
e
Spécia
l
GSM Mobile
Graphi
cal
User
Interfa
GUI ce
 Global
Virtual
Private
Networ
GVPN k

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High-
capacit
y ISDN
chann
el
operati
ng at
384
H0 kbps

High-
capacit
y ISDN
chann
el
operati
ng at
1.536
H11 Mbps
 ANSI
standa
rd for
format
H323 over IP

High-
level
Data
Link
Contro
HDLC l (ISO)

High-
bit-rate
Digital
Subscr
iber
HDSL Line
High-
Definiti
on
Televis
HDTV ion

High
Freque
ncy (3
MHz to
30
HF MHz)
 Hybrid
Fiber/C
HFC oax

Head-
end
Interfa
ce
Conver
HIC ter
Home
Locati
on
Regist
HLR er

Home
Phonel
ine
Networ
king
Allianc
HomePNA e

High-
Perfor
mance
Paralle
l
Interfa
HPPI ce

HyperT
ext
Marku
p
Langu
HTML age
 HyperT
ext
Transf
er
Protoc
HTTP ol

Heatin
g,
Ventila
tion,
and Air
Conditi
HVAC oning
Hertz
(cycles
per
secon
Hz d)

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Input/
I/O Output

Interna
tional
Alpha
Set No.
IA5 5
 Interne
t
Archite
cture
IAB Board

Install
And
Commi
IAC ssion

Interne
t
Assign
ed
Numbe
rs
Author
IANA ity

Interne
t
Corpor
ation
for
Assign
ed
Names
and
Numbe
ICANN rs
 Interex
chang
e
Carrier
Interfa
ICI ce

Interne
t
Contro
l
Messa
ge
Protoc
ICMP ol
Intellig
ent
Call
Routin
ICR g

Intellig
ent
Calling
Syste
m ID
Identifi
ICS cation

Interna
tional
Direct
Dialing
Design
IDDD ator
 integra
ted
Dispat
ch
Enhan
ced
Networ
iDEN k

Interdo
main
Policy
Routin
IDPR g

Interna
tional
Electro
techni
cal
Commi
ssion,
or
InterEx
chang
e
IEC Carrier
 Institut
e of
Electri
cal and
Electro
nics
Engine
IEEE ers

Interne
t
Engine
ering
Steerin
g
IESG Group

Interne
t
Engine
ering
Task
IETF Force

Incum
bent
Local
Excha
nge
ILEC Carrier

Instant
Messa
IM ging
 Interne
t Mail
Acces
s
Protoc
ol
IMAP (IETF)

Interna
tional
Mobile
Equip
ment
Identit
IMEI y

Intellig
ent
Mobile
Networ
IMN k

Interna
tional
Mobile
Teleco
mmuni
cation
s 2000
IMT-2000 (ITU)
 Interna
tional
Mobile
Subscr
iber
Identit
IMSI y
Intellig
ent
Networ
IN k

Compa
q SS7
stack
(previo
usly
DECss
IN7 7)

Intellig
ent
Networ
k
Applic
ation
Part
INAP (IN)
 Integra
ted
Networ
k
Manag
ement
Syste
INMS m

Interna
tional
Teleco
mmuni
cation
s
Satellit
e
Organi
INTELSAT zation

Input/
I/O Output
InterOf
fice
Chann
IOC el

Interne
t
Operat
ors'
Provid
ers
Servic
IOPS es
 Intelec
tual
Proper
IP ty
Intellig
ent
Periph
eral
IP (IN)
Interne
t
Protoc
ol
IP (IETF)
Intellig
ent
Periph
eral
IPN Node

Initial
Public
Offerin
IPO g

Interne
t
Protoc
ol over
IPoATM ATM

Intellec
tual
Proper
ty
IPR Rights
 Interne
twork
Packet
Excha
IPX nge

Infrare
d Data
Associ
IrDA ation

Infrare
IrLAN d LAN

Infrare
d Link
Acces
s
Protoc
IrLAP ol

Interna
tional
Record
IRC Carrier
 Interna
l Rate
of
Return
(Finan
cial
Modelli
IRR ng)
Interru
pt
Reque
IRQ st

Interne
t
Resear
ch
Task
IRTF Force

Inform
ation
Syste
m, or
Interim
Standa
rd
(TIA/EI
IS A)
 TIA/EI
A
Interim
Standa
rd for
mobile
manag
IS-41 ement

Industr
y
Standa
rd
Archite
ISA cture

Interna
tional
Switch
ing
ISC Center

Integra
ted
Servic
es
Digital
Networ
ISDN k
 Industr
ial,
Scienti
fic,
and
Medica
l
(freque
ncy
ISM bands)

Interna
tional
Standa
rds
Organi
ISO zation
Interne
t
Societ
ISOC y

Interne
t
Servic
e
Provid
ISP er

ISDN
Servic
e User
ISUP Part
 Inform
ation
Techn
IT ology
Intellig
ent
Text
Retriev
ITR al

Interna
tional
Telegr
aph
and
Teleph
ITT one

Invitati
on To
ITT Tender

Interna
tional
Teleco
mmuni
cation
ITU Union
 Interna
tional
Teleco
mmuni
cation
Union-
Radioc
ommu
nicatio
ITU-R ns

Interna
tional
Teleco
mmuni
cation
Union-
Teleco
mmuni
cation
ITU-T s
Interac
tive
Voice
Respo
IVR nse

IntereX
chang
e
Carrier
(also
IXC IEC)
#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Japan
Digital
Cellula
JDC r

Just In
JIT Time

Joint
Photog
raphic
Expert
s
JPEG Group

#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

K
 Kilobyt
e: One
thousa
nd and
twenty
-four
bytes
kbps
kilo bit
per
secon
KB d
Key
Send
Receiv
KSR e

Key
Servic
KSU e Unit
Key
Teleph
one
Syste
KTS m

kiloHer
tz
(thous
ands
of
cycles
per
secon
kHz d)
#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Local
Area
Networ
LAN k

Link
Acces
s
Protoc
ol (or
Proced
LAP ure)

Link
Acces
s
Protoc
ol-
Balanc
LAP-B ed

Link
Acces
s
Proced
ure-
Digital
chann
el
LAP-D (ISDN)
 Local
Area
Transp
ort
(Digital
Equip
ment
Corpor
LAT ation)

Local
Acces
s and
Transp
ort
Area
LATA (USA)

Locati
on
Based
Adverti
LBA sing

Locati
on
Based
Servic
LBS es

Liquid
Crystal
Displa
LCD y
 Local
Chann
el
Numbe
LCN r
Least
Cost
Routin
LCR g
Laser
LD Diode
Long
Distan
LD ce

Long
Distan
ce
LDC Carrier

Local
Excha
nge
LEC Carrier
Light-
Emittin
g
LED Diode
Low-
Earth-
LEO Orbit
 Low
Freque
ncy (30
kHz to
300
LF kHz)

Logica
l Link
Contro
LLC l

Local
Multip
oint
Distrib
ution
Servic
LMDS es

Locati
on and
Monito
ring
Servic
LMS e

Longit
udinal
Redun
dancy
LRC Check
 Large-
Scale
Integra
LSI tion

Logica
l Unit
LU (IBM)

#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

megab
MB yte

Media
Acces
s
Contro
l, or
Move,
Add,
and
Chang
MAC e

Metrop
olitan
Area
Networ
MAN k
 Manuf
acturer
s
Applic
ation
Protoc
ol
(ISO,
Genera
l
Motors
), or
Mobile
Applic
ations
MAP Port

Messa
ging
Applic
ations
Progra
mming
Interfa
ce
(Micro
MAPI soft)
 Maps
Applic
ation
Provisi
oning
Syste
MAPS m

Multist
ation
Acces
MAU s Unit

Manag
ement
Center
or
Messa
ge
MC Center

Micro
Chann
el
Archite
cture
MCA (IBM)

Multip
oint
Contro
MCU l Unit
 Mediati
on
MD Device

Main
Distrib
ution
MDF Frame

Mobile
Directo
ry
Numbe
MDN r

Middle
-Earth-
MEO Orbit

Master
Earth
MES Station
 Mediati
on
Functi
on, or
Mediu
m
Freque
ncy
(300
kHz to
MF 3 MHz)

Messa
ge
Handli
ng
Source
MHz
megah
ertz
(millio
ns of
cycles
per
secon
MHS d)

Manag
ement
Inform
ation
MIB Base
 Manag
ement
Integra
tion
Conso
MIC rtium
Militar
y
Networ
k
MILNET (USA)

Multip
urpose
Interne
t Mail
Extens
MIME ions

Mobile
Identifi
cation
Numbe
MIN r

Million
s of
Instruc
tions
Per
Secon
MIPS d
 Manag
ement
Inform
ation
Servic
es, or
Market
ing
Intellig
ence
Syste
MIS m

Mobile
Locati
on
Servic
MLS es

Multic
hannel
,
Multip
oint
Distrib
ution
Servic
MMDS e
 Multim
edia
Messa
ge
Servic
MMS e

Magne
to-
Optical
Mode
m
Modul
ator/de
modul
MO ator

Minute
s of
Use, or
Memor
andum
of
Unders
tandin
MOU g

Motion
Picture
Expert
s
MPEG Group
 Multi
Protoc
ol
Label
Switch
ing
MPLS (IETF)

Multili
nk
Point-
to-
Point
Protoc
MPPP ol

Magne
tic
Reson
ance
Imagin
MRI g

millise
cond
(thous
andth
of a
secon
ms d)

Mobile
MS Station
 Mobile
Switch
ing
MSC Center
Micros
oft
Networ
MSN k

Mobile
Station
Roami
ng
Numbe
MSRN r

Mobile
Satellit
e
Servic
MSS e

Mean
Time
Betwe
en
MTBF Failure

Messa
ge
Transf
er Part
MTP (IN)
 Messa
ge
Teleco
mmuni
cation
s
Servic
MTS e

Mobile
Teleph
one
Switch
ing
MTSO Office

Mean
Time
To
MTTR Repair

Maxim
um
Trans
missio
MTU n Unit

Microw
ave
Video
Distrib
ution
Syste
MVDS m
 Multive
ndor
Proble
m
Resolu
tion
Proces
MVPRP s

#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Narrow
band
Advan
ced
Mobile
Phone
Servic
N-AMPS e

North
Americ
an
Free
Trade
Agree
NAFTA ment
 Negati
ve
Ackno
wledge
NAK ment

Numeri
c
Assign
ment
Modul
NAM e

Networ
k
Acces
NAP s Point

Networ
k
Attach
ed
Storag
NAS e

North
Americ
an
Teleco
mmuni
cation
s
Allocat
NATA ion
 Networ
k
Addres
sable
Unit
NAU (IBM)

Nation
al
Bureau
of
Standa
NBS rds
Networ
k
Compu
NC ter

Networ
k
Contro
l
NCC Center

Networ
k
Contro
l
Progra
m (IBM
SNA),
or
Networ
k
Contro
NCP l Point
 Networ
k
Eleme
NE nt

Networ
k
Eleme
nt
Functi
NEF on

New
Equip
ment
Buildin
g
Specifi
cation
NEBS s

Nation
al
Excha
nge
Carrier
Associ
NECA ation

Networ
k
Basic
Input-
Output
Syste
m
(Micro
NetBIOS soft)
 Networ
k File
Syste
m (or
NFS Server)

Networ
k
Interfa
ce
Card,
or
Networ
k
Inform
ation
Center
(Intern
et
Registr
NIC y)

Nickel
Cadmi
NiCad um

Nickel-
Metal
Hydrid
NiMH e
 Nation
al
Institut
e of
Standa
rds
and
Techn
NIST ology

Networ
k
Interfa
NIU ce Unit

NetWa
re
Loada
ble
Modul
e
(Novell
NLM )
nanom
nm eter
Networ
k
Manag
NM er

Networ
k
Manag
ement
NMC Center
 Nortel
Matra
Cellula
NMC r

Networ
k
Manag
ement
Forum
(now
NMF TMF)

Networ
k
Manag
ement
Layer/
Networ
k
Manag
ement
Servic
NML/NMS e

NetWa
re
Manag
ement
Syste
m
(Novell
NMS )
 Networ
k Node
Manag
er
(Hewle
tt-
Packar
NNM d)

Networ
k
Operat
ions
NOC Center

Networ
k
Operat
ing
Syste
NOS m

New
Produc
t
Introdu
NPI ction
 Nation
al
Resear
ch and
Educat
ion
Networ
k
NREN (USA)

Non-
Return
NRZ to Zero

Nation
al
Securit
y
Agenc
NSA y

Nation
al
Scienc
e
Found
ation
NSF (USA)

Non-
Stop
Kernel
(Comp
NSK aq)
 Networ
k
Switch
ing
Sub-
system
NSS (GSM)

Networ
k
Solutio
ns and
Servic
e
Group
(Nortel
NSSG )

Networ
k
Termin
ation,
or New
Techn
ology,
also
Windo
ws NT
(Micro
NT soft)
 Networ
k
Termin
ating
Equip
NTE ment

Networ
king
Techni
cal
Suppo
rt
Allianc
NTSA e

Nation
al
Televis
ion
Standa
rds
Commi
NTSC ttee
Networ
k
Termin
ation
NTU Unit

#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

O
 Operat
ions,
Admini
stratio
n and
Mainte
OA&M nance

Operat
ions,
Admini
stratio
n,
Mainte
nance
and
Provisi
OAM&P oning

Optical
OC Carrier
 Optical
Carrier
Signal,
Level 1
(51.84
OC-1 Mbps)

Optical
Carrier
Signal,
Level 3
(155.52
OC-3 Mbps)

Optical
Carrier
Signal,
Level 9
(466.56
OC-9 Mbps)
 Optical
Carrier
Signal,
Level
12
(622.08
OC-12 Mbps)

Optical
Carrier
Signal,
Level
18
(933.12
OC-18 Mbps)

Optical
Carrier
Signal,
Level
24
(1.244
OC-24 Gbps)
 Optical
Carrier
Signal,
Level
36
(1.866
OC-36 Gbps)

Optical
Carrier
Signal,
Level
48
(2.488
OC-48 Gbps)

Optical
Carrier
Signal,
Level
96
(4.976
OC-96 Gbps)
 Optical
Carrier
Signal,
Level
192
(9.952
OC-192 Gbps)

Optical
Carrier
Signal,
Level
256
(13.271
OC-256 Gbps)

Optical
Charac
ter
Recog
OCR nition
 Open
Databa
se
Conne
ctivity
(Micro
ODBC soft)

Operat
ional
Data
ODS Store

Origin
al
Equip
ment
Manuf
OEM acturer

Online
Analyti
cal
Proces
OLAP sing

Object
Linkin
g and
Embed
ding
(Micro
OLE soft)
 Object
Manag
ement
Archite
OMA cture

Open
Mobile
Allianc
OMA e

Operat
ions
and
Mainte
nance
Centre
OMC (GSM)

Object
Manag
ement
Frame
OMF work
 Object
Manag
ement
OMG Group

Object-
Orient
ed
Progra
OOP mming

Object
Reque
st
ORB Broker
Operat
ing
Syste
OS m
Operat
ing
Syste
m/2
OS/2 (IBM)

Open
Softwa
re
Found
OSF ation
 Open
Syste
ms
Interco
nnecti
on
(ISO),
or
Objecti
ve
Syste
ms
Integra
OSI tor

OutSid
OSP e Plant

Open
Shorte
st Path
OSPF First

Operat
ions
Suppo
rt
Syste
OSS ms

Over
The Air
Activat
OTA ion
 Open
Termin
al
Directi
ve
(Europ
ean
OTD Union)

#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Person
-to-
P2P Person

Private
Autom
atic
Branch
eXcha
PABX nge
 Person
al
Acces
s
Comm
unicati
ons
Syste
PACS m

Packet
Assem
bler-
Disass
PAD emble

Phase
Alterna
ting by
PAL Line
Pulse
Amplit
ude
Modul
PAM ation

Person
al Area
Networ
PAN k
 Passw
ord
Authen
ticatio
n
Protoc
PAP ol

Private
Branch
eXcha
PBX nge
Person
al
Compu
PC ter

Printed
Circuit
PCB Board

Periph
eral
Compo
nent
Interco
PCI nnect
 Person
al
Comm
unicati
ons
Industr
y
Associ
PCIA ation
Pulse
Code
Modul
PCM ation

Person
al
Compu
ter
Memor
y Card
Industr
y
Associ
PCMCIA ation

Person
al
Comm
unicati
ons
Networ
PCN ks
 Person
al
Comm
unicati
ons
Servic
PCS es

Person
al
Digital
Assist
PDA ant

Person
al
Digital
Cellula
r
(Japan
PDC )

Positio
ning
Determ
ination
PDE Entity

Plesio
chrono
us
Digital
Hierarc
PDH hy
 Packet
Data
Networ
k or
Public
Data
Networ
PDN k

Protoc
ol Data
PDU Unit

Phase
Modul
PM ation
Physic
al
PHY Layer

Person
al
Inform
ation
Manag
PIM er
 Person
al
Identifi
cation
Numbe
r, or
Positiv
e-
Intrinsi
c-
Negati
PIN ve

Public
Land
Mobile
Networ
PLMN k

Physic
al
Media-
Depen
PMD dent
Plug-
and-
PnP Play
Point
Of
Presen
POP ce

Point
PoS Of Sale
 Plain
Old
Teleph
one
Servic
POTS e
Pay-
Per-
PPC Call
Point-
to-
Point
Protoc
PPP ol
Pay-
Per-
PPV View

Philips
Radio
Comm
unicati
ons
Syste
PRCS ms

Primar
y Rate
Interfa
ce
PRI (ISDN)
 Progra
mmabl
e
Read-
Only
Memor
PROM y

Packet
-
Switch
ed
Networ
PSN k

Public
Switch
ed
Teleph
one
Networ
PSTN k

Phase
Shift
PSK Keying

Payloa
PT d Type
 Post,
Telegr
aph
and
Teleco
mmuni
cation
s
(Gover
nment
Depart
PTT ments)

Physic
al Unit
(IBM
PU SNA)

Public
Utility
Commi
ssion
PUC (USA)

Perma
nent
Virtual
PVC Circuit
 Private
Virtual
Networ
PVN k

#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Networ
k
Manag
ement
Interfa
ce
Q3 (ITU-T)

Quality
Assura
QA nce
Quod
Erat
Demon
strand
QEDI um
Quality
of
Servic
QoS e
#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Resear
ch for
Advan
ced
Comm
unicati
ons in
RACE Europe

Redun
dant
Array
of
Inexpe
nsive
RAID Disks

Rando
m
Acces
s
Memor
RAM y
 Rule-
Based
Expert
Syste
RBES ms

Region
al Bell
Operat
ing
Compa
ny
RBOC (USA)

Remot
e
Contro
RCU l Unit

Relatio
nal
Databa
se
Manag
ement
Syste
RDBMS m

Radio
Determ
ination
Satellit
e
Servic
RDSS e
 Radio
Freque
RF ncy

Reque
st For
Comm
ent
RFC (IETF)

Radio
Freque
ncy
Interfer
ence,
or
Reque
st For
Inform
RFI ation

Reque
st For
Propos
RFP al

Reque
st for
Quotat
RFQ ion
 Routin
g
Inform
ation
Protoc
RIP ol

Reduc
ed
Instruc
tion
Set
Compu
RISC ting

Remot
e Job
RJE Entry
Remot
e
Monito
RMON ring
Return
On
Invest
ROI ment
Read-
Only
Memor
ROM y
Remot
e
Proced
ure
RPC Call
 Repeta
tive
Strain
RSI Injury

Resour
ce
ReSer
Vation
Protoc
ol
RSVP (IETF)
Remot
e
Termin
RT al

Right
RTU To Use
Receiv
RX e

#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Source
Addres
SA s
 Syste
ms
Applic
ation
Archite
cture
SAA (IBM)

Storag
e Area
Networ
k or
Syste
m Area
Networ
k
(Himal
SAN aya)

Standa
rds
Commi
ttee
SC (ISO)

Signali
ng
Conne
ction
Contro
l Point
SCCP (IN)
 Servic
e
Creatio
n
Enviro
nment
SCE (IN)

Servic
e
Contro
l Point
(IBM-
SCP SNA)

Small
Compu
ter
Syste
ms
Interfa
SCSI ce

Synchr
onous
Digital
Hierarc
SDH hy

Synchr
onous
Data
Link
Contro
SDLC l (IBM)
 Softwa
re-
Define
d
Networ
k
SDN (AT&T)

Symm
etrical
Digital
Subscr
iber
SDSL Line

Super
High
Freque
ncy (3
GHz to
30
SHF GHz)

Servic
e
Hypert
ext
Transp
ort
Protoc
S-HTTP ol
 Subscr
iber
Identifi
cation
Modul
SIM e

Sessio
n
Initiati
on
Protoc
ol
SIP (IETF)

Stock-
Keepin
SKU g Unit

Subscr
iber
Loop
Interfa
ce
SLIC Circuit

Serial
Line
Interne
t
Protoc
ol
SLIP (IETF)
 Switch
ed
Multim
egabit
Data
Servic
SMDS es

Servic
e
Manag
ement
Layer/
Servic
e
Manag
ement
Servic
SML/SMS e

Specia
lized
Mobile
SMR Radio

Servic
e
Manag
ement
Syste
SMS m
 Short
Messa
ge
Servic
SMS e

Short
Messa
ge
Servic
e
SMSC Center

Station
Manag
SMT ement

Simple
Mail
Transf
er
Protoc
ol
SMTP (IETF)

Switch
ing
Networ
k or
Station
Numbe
SN r
 Syste
ms
Networ
k
Archite
cture
SNA (IBM)

Subscr
iber
Networ
k
Interfa
SNI ce

Simple
Networ
k
Manag
ement
Protoc
SNMP ol

Synchr
onous
Optical
Networ
k
SONET (ANSI)
Servic
e
Provid
SP er
 Softwa
re
Publis
hers
Associ
SPA ation

Seque
nced
Packet
Excha
nge
(Novell
SPX )

Struct
ured
Query
Langu
SQL age
Switch
ing
Syste
SS m

Signali
ng
Syste
m#7
SS#7 (ITU-T)
 Signali
ng
Syste
m7
SS7 (ANSI)

Syste
m
Servic
es
Contro
l Point
SSCP (IBM)

Secure
Socket
s
Layer
SSL (IETF)

Servic
e
Switch
ing
Point
SSP (IN)

Statisti
cal
Time
Divisio
n
Multipl
STDM exing
 Synchr
onous
Transf
er
STM Mode

Shield
ed
Twiste
d-Pair,
or
Signal
Transf
er
Point
STP (IN)
Start
of
Trans
missio
STX n
Subscr
iber
Termin
SUBT al

Switch
ed
Virtual
SVC Circuit
Step-
by-
SxS Step
 Synchr
onous
Trans
missio
SYNTRAN n

#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Trunk
T-Carrier Carrier

Trans
missio
n
service
at the
DS1
rate of
1.544
T1 Mbps

Truste
d
Transa
ction
Roami
T2R ng
 Trans
missio
n
service
at the
DS3
rate of
44.736
T3 Mbps

Techni
cal
Adviso
ry
TAG Group

Teleph
ony
Applic
ation
Progra
mming
Interfa
ce
(Micro
TAPI soft)

terabyt
e
(trillion
TB bytes)
 terabit
per
secon
Tbps d

Transa
ction
Capabi
lities
Applic
ation
Part
TCAP (IN)

Trans
missio
n
Contro
l
Protoc
ol
TCP (IETF)

Trans
missio
n
Contro
l
Protoc
ol
/Intern
et
Protoc
ol
TCP/IP (IETF)
 Time
Divisio
n
Duplex
TDD ing

Time
Divisio
n
Multipl
TDM exer

Time
Divisio
n
Multipl
e
Acces
TDMA s

Time
Differe
nce of
TDOA Arrival
 Teleco
mmuni
cation
s
Manag
ement
Inform
ation
Platfor
m
(Comp
TeMIP aq)

Trans-
Europe
an
Trunke
d
Radio
Acces
s
TETRA (ETSI)

Teleco
mmuni
cation
s
Industr
y
Associ
TIA ation
 Teleco
mmuni
cation
s
Inform
ation
Networ
king
Archite
TINA cture

Transa
ction
Langu
TL1 age 1

Transp
ort
Layer
Securit
y
TLS (IETF)

Teleco
mmuni
cation
s
Manag
ement
TMF Forum
 Teleco
mmuni
cation
s
Manag
ement
Networ
TMN k

Tande
m
Office
or Toll
TO Office

Teleco
mmuni
cation
s
Operat
TO or

Time
of
TOA Arrival

Total
Quality
Manag
TQM ement
 Teleco
mmuni
cation
s
Relay
Servic
TRS es

Teleph
ony
Servic
es
Applic
ation
Progra
mming
Interfa
ce
(Novell
TSAPI )

Time
Slot
Interch
TSI ange
TeleTy
TTY pe
Televis
TV ion
 Telety
pewrit
er
Excha
nge
(also
known
as
TWX telex)
Trans
TX mit

#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Univer
sal
Async
hronou
s
Receiv
er/Tran
UART smitter
Unspe
cified
Bit
UBR Rate

Utility
Based
Compu
UBC ting
 User
Datagr
am
Protoc
ol
UDP (IETF)

Ultra
High
Freque
ncy
(300M
Hz to 3
UHF GHz)

Univer
sal
Messa
ging
Syste
UMS m

Univer
sal
Mobile
Teleco
mmuni
cation
s
Syste
m
UMTS (ETSI)

United
Nation
UN s
 User-
Networ
k
Interfa
UNI ce

Uninte
rruptib
le
Power
UPS Supply

Univer
sal
Resour
ce
Locato
r
(WWW
URL )

Univer
sal
Server
Farm
USF (IBM)

Unshie
lded
Twiste
UTP d - Pair
 Univer
sal
Terrest
rial
Radio
Acces
UTRA s

#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Value-
Added
Networ
VAN k

Value-
Added
Resell
VAR er

Variabl
e Bit
VBR Rate

Virtual
VC Circuit

Videoc
assette
Record
VCR er
 Very
high-
speed
Digital
Subscr
iber
VDSL Line
Voice
Freque
VF ncy

Voice
VG Grade

Very
High
Freque
ncy (30
MHz to
300
VHF MHz)

Very
Low
Freque
ncy
(less
than
30
VLF kHz)
 Visitor
Locati
on
Regist
VLR er
Very
Large-
Scale
Integra
VLSI tion

Virtual
Machin
VM e (IBM)

Virtual
Machin
e
Syste
m
(Digital
Equip
ment
Corpor
VMS ation)
Video
On
Deman
VOD d

Voice
VoIP over IP
 Virtual
Private
Networ
VPN k

Virtual
Redun
dancy
VRC Check

Very
Small-
Apertu
re
Termin
VSAT al

Virtual
Termin
VT al

Virtual
Teleco
mmuni
cation
s
Acces
s
Metho
d (IBM
VTAM SNA)

#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
 W

World
Wide
Web
Conso
rtium
(also
WWW3
W3C )

Wirele
ss
Acces
s
Comm
unicati
ons
Syste
WACS m

Wirele
ss
Applic
ation
Enviro
WAE nment
Wide
Area
Networ
WAN k
 Wirele
ss
Applic
ation
Protoc
WAP ol

Wide
Area
Teleco
mmuni
cation
s
Servic
WATS e

Wideb
and -
Code
Divisio
n
Multipl
e
Acces
W-CDMA s

Wirele
ss
Comm
unicati
ons
Servic
WCS e
 Wavele
ngth
Divisio
n
Multipl
WDM exing

Wirele
ss
Datagr
am
Protoc
WDP ol

Workin
g
WG Group

World
wide
Geode
sic
Syste
WGS m

What
You
See Is
What
You
WYSIWYG Get

Wirele
ss
Local
Area
Networ
WLAN k
 Wirele
ss
Local
WLL Loop

Wirele
ss
Locati
on
Servic
es
(Signal
WLS Soft)

Wirele
ss
Marku
p
Langu
WML age

Windo
ws NT
(Micro
WNT soft)
Write
Once
Read
WORM Many

Workst
WS ation

Workst
ation
Functi
WSF on
 Wirele
ss
Sessio
n
Protoc
WSP ol

Wirele
ss
Teleph
ony
Applic
WTA ation

Wirele
ss
Transp
ort
Layer
Securit
WTLS y

World
Trade
Organi
WTO zation

Wirele
ss
Transa
ction
Protoc
WTP ol
 Wirele
ss
Wide
Area
Networ
WWAN k
World
Wide
WWW Web

World
Wide
Web
Conso
rtium
(also
WWW3 W3C)

#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

A
Packet
Switch
ing
Protoc
X25 ol

Crossb
ar
teleph
one
exchan
X-Bar ge
 Cross-
Conne
XC ct

"generi
c"
Digital
Subscr
iber
xDSL Line

Extens
ible
Marku
p
Langu
XML age

Xerox
Networ
k
Syste
m
(Xerox
Corpor
XNS ation)

#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Year
Y2K 2000
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Zone
Improv
ement
Progra
m
(geogr
aphic
codes/
ZIP USA)

Zero
Latenc
y
Enterp
rise
(Comp
ZLE aq)
List of Telecom Acronyms

Fast Access by initial character

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

A
A/M
Agent/Manager
AAB
Automatic Alternative Billing
AAL
ATM Adaptation Layer [procedures to map ATM layer information into higher levels]
ABI
Application Binary Interface
ABR
Available Bit Rate [vs. CBR or VBR]
ABS
Alternate Billing Services
AC
Alarm Code(1)
Access Concentrator(2)
Authentication Center(3) [(German) Berechtigungszentrum]
ACA
Automated Cable Analysis
ACC
Automatic Congestion Control [congested switches automatically communicate their congestion level to other switches]
AcceSS7
[HP Distributed solution for monitoring and surveillance of SS7 networks, based on probes]
ACD
Automatic Call Distribution [private system service that routes calls to stations based on customer needs]
ACE
Application Creation Environment(1)
Advanced Computing Environment(2)
Adaptive Communication Environment(3)
ACG
? Call Gapping
ACIS
 Advanced Cago Information System [(satellite based) data network for monitoring the progress of cargo through ports and
ACL
Application Connectivity Link(1) [e.g. used by SIEMENS Hicom telephone equipment]
Access Control List (facility)(2) [part of the DCE security service]
ACM
Address CoMplete [B-ISDN user part message]
ACMA
Automatic Customer Name and Address
ACO
Alarm Cut-Off
ACP
Action Control Point(1) [user offices that provide access and interfaces to generally centralized NCPs]
Access Communication Processor(2)
ACSE
Association Control Service Entity (or Element) [in the OSI model an application-layer protocol that is used to establish and
ACT
Advanced (or Applied) Computerised Telephony
ACTS
Advanced Communications Technologies and Services [EU research and development program, starts 1995, 630MEcu, devo
ADC
American Digital Cellular(1) [US mobile phone standard equivalent to GSM]
Asynchronous Device Configuration(2) [alarm filtering in FMS, menu driven]
ADD
Architectural Design Document [leads to DDD]
ADE
Above Decks Equipment
ADM
Add-Drop Multiplex(ers)(1) [aka drop-insert multiplexes, used for SDH networks]
Application Development & Management(2)
ADPCM
Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation
ADSL
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line [broadband standard with 7.5 Megabit/sec and reply channel with 384 Kilobit/sec, base
ADTS
Advanced Digital Terminal System
AE
Alarmeingang(1) (German)
Application Entity(2)
AEK
AE-Kennung (German)
AEN
AE-Nummer (German)
AERM
Alignment Error Rate Monitor [used in network and transmission troubleshooting]
AES
 Application Environment Specification [by OSF]
AFC
Application Foundation Classes [published by Microsoft; collection of platform independent class libraries; written in Java, b
AFR
Annual Failure Rate
AFS
Andrew File System [comparable with NFS]
AGCH
Access Grant Channel
AGK
Anlagen- und Geraetekonfiguration (German)
AH
Alarm Handler(1)
Authentication Header(2)
AIC
Adaptation and Integration Center [HP internal]
AIN
Advanced Intelligent Network [architectural concept for the creation and provision of telecom services. The local exchange
AIP
ATM Interface Processor
AIS
Alarm Indication Signal
ALK
Alarmerfassungs- und Loopsteuerkonzentrator (German)
ALM
Alarmmelde- und Loopsteuerbaugruppe (German)
ALMA
Alcatel Management Applications
ALMAP
Alcatel MAnagement Platform
AMIC
AMericas Integration Center
AMP
Account Management Plan
AMPS
Advanced Mobile Phone System
AMS
Alarm Management System
AN
Access Network
ANI
Automatic Number Identification [number of the calling station]
ANM
Autonomous Network Manager(1)
Answer(2) [B-ISDN user part message]
ANR
Automatic Network Routing
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
ANT
Applied Network Technology Inc. [telecom switch provider]
AoC
Advice of Charge
AOM
Application OSI(1) Management (Profile)
AP
Application Program
APCG
ATM Pilot Coordination Group
API
Application Programming Interface [e.g. based on XMP]
APPC
Advanced Program-to-Program Communication
APPLET
mini APPLication [Java language program]
APPN
Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking (in SNA networks)
APS
Automatic Protection Switch
ARF
Application Registration File [used for integrating a map builder in OV]
ARM
Application Response Measurement API [open API for end-to-end measurement of application transactions; based on a col
ARP
Address Resolution Protocol [TCP/IP based, to bind an IP address to a LLA(1)]
ARPA
Advanced Research Project Agency
ARS
Action Request System [Remedy product for managing trouble tickets]
AS
Alarmstufe(1) (German)
Associated Signaling(2) [a signaling link is routed in parallel with each transmission route between signaling points, requirin
Authentication Server(3) [part of the DCE security service]
Authorization Server(4)
ASB
Alarmsignalbearbeitung (German)
ASC
Available Spare Capacity(1)
AIN Switch Capabilities(2)
ASE
 Alarmsignalerfassung(1) (German)
Application Service Element(2)
ASI
Alarmsignalinitialisierung (German)
ASIC
Application Specific Integrated Circuit
ASN.1
Abstract Syntax Notation One [OSI(1) standard for encoding and decoding information, used by CMIP and - as a subset - SN
ASPI
Advanced SCSI Programming Interface
ASR
Answer Seize Ratio(1) [NMAS performance indicator]
Automated Speech Recognition(2)
Automatic Set Relocation(3)
AST
Acceptance and System Test [part of SVVP]
ASV
Alarmsignalverknuepfung (German)
ATA
AT Attachment [bus alike PC peripheral interface]
ATC
ATM Transfer Capability
ATCS
Advanced Timed Channel Selection [based on FHSS. Wireless transmission method supports transfer rates of 625kb/s, by p
ATG
Advanced Technology Groups
ATM
Asynchronous Transfer Mode [base for future broadband ISDN, 53 Byte packets, current standards: SONET/SDH, DS3, TAXI
ATMS
Assumption-Based Truth Maintenance System
ATO
Australian Telecom Operation [HP division]
ATP
Advanced Technology Program(1)
Acceptance Test Procedure(2)
ATS
Acceptance Test Specification
AU
Administration Unit(1)
Access Unit(2)
Alarmunterdrueckung(3) (German)
AUC
Authentication Centre
AUI
Attachment Unit Interface
AV
Alarm Viewer [e.g. part of FMP. Interface between alarm handler and operator]
AVA
Attribute Value Assertion [to identify a MO within the scope of is superior object]
AWT
Abstract Windowing Toolkit [Java's platform- independent windowing, graphics and user-interface toolkit]
AXE
[Ericsson switch]
AZNR
Alarm-Zettel-Nummer (German)

B
B-DCN
Backbone Data Communications Network
B-ISDN
Broadband ISDN [usually implemented using ATM, with bandwidths from 10 Mbs to 155 Mbs]
BACP
Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol
BAF
Bellcore Accounting Format [standard billing format]
BAIC
Barring of All Incoming Calls
BAM
Bell Atlantic Mobile [US network provider]
BAOC
Barring of All Outgoing Calls
BAP
Bandwidth Allocation Protocol
BAS
(Mobitex) BASe station [ transmitting data packages between terminal radio modem and BAS with 8kb/s, see also BTS]
BB
Base Band
BBN
(German) BundesBehoerdenNetz
BBS
Bulletin Board System [newsgroup service in the Internet]
BC
Bearer Capability
BCC
Block Check Character(1)
Bellcore Client Company(2)
BCCH
Broadcast Control Channel
BCF
 Bearer Control Function
BCM
Basic Call Model
BCP
Basic Call Process
BCR
Block Cell Rate
BCS
Block Check Sequence
BCTS
Backup Courier Time Server [backup for a CTS]
BD
Betriebsdaten (German)
BDA
BD-Analyse (German)
BDAT
Best Demonstrable Achievable Technology
BDB
BD-Bearbeitung (German)
BDE
BD-Erhebung (German)
BE
BeschaltungsEinheit (German)
BECN
Backward Explicit Congestion Notification [notifiying bit, informing a DTE about an overload situation]
BEDOS
BEleg-DOkumentationsSystem (German)
BER
Basic Encoding Rules(1) [method for encoding data in the OSI environment]
Bit Error Rate(2)
BERT
Bit Error Rate Test set [to be used in connectivity checking/fault diagnosis]
BF
BB Frequency
BFM
Business Function Model
BGP4
Border Gateway Protocol [replacement protocol for EGP; defined in RFC1163; BGP4 supports classless interdomain routing
BGS
Business Group Services [or 'Advanced Centrex']
BF
Basic Function
BFS
Betriebsfuehrungssystem (German)
BFV
 Betriebsfuehrungsvorfeldrechner (German) [HP9000]
BFZ
Betriebsfuehrungs-Zentraleinheit (German) [HP1000]
BHCA
Busy Hour Call Attempts
BIB
Backward Indicator Bit [part of MSU]
BIC
Barring of Incoming Calls
BIDS
Barring of Incoming Calls
BIS
Base InfraStructure
BISUP
Broadband ISDN User Part [extensions to ISUP to support BISDN services]
BITA
Business to (or and) IT Alignment
BLA
BLocking Acknowledgement [B-ISDN user part message]
BLK
Bedienungs- und Loopsteuerkonzentrator (German) [Siemens MX300]
BLO
BLOcking [B-ISDN user part message]
BLOP
Binary Large Object [e.g. graphics of a digitized document, up to GB]
BM
Business Management
BMAS
Business Management System [part of MAS]
BML
Business Management Layer
BMP
Billing Mediation Platform(1) [for collecting Call Data Records to pass them to a billing system, developed by SNO]
BER Management Protocol(2)
BMS
Billing Mediation System
BNF
Backus-Naur Form
BOA
Basic Object Adapter [part of CORBA]
BOC
Bell Operating Companies ["Baby Bells"]
BOEOC
Bit-Oriented Embedded Operations Channel
BOF
 Birds Of a Feather
BOIC
Barring of Outgoing International Calls
BOIC-exHC
BOIC except those directed towards the home PLMN country
BOM
Business Object Model
BONT
Broadband Optical Network Termination
BOOTP
BOOTstrap Protocol
BOP
Bit Oriented Protocol
BP
Burst Period
BPI
Bit Per Inch
BPM
Business Process Model
BPR
Business Process Re-Engineering
BPSK
Bi-Phase Shift Keying
BRAVO
BReitbandAnwendungen in Verteilten Organisationen [pilot project of DeTeBerkom, Berlin]
BRI
Basic Rate Interface [ISDN basic connection, supports S0 interface (with 4 wires, up to 8 devices connectable, up to 2 device
BRPM
Business Ressouce Planning Model
BS
Base Station
BSC
Base Station Controller(1) [controlls a set of base stations, concentrates traffic to the MSC]
Business System Concept(2)
BSD
Berkeley Software Distribution [Unix specification]
BSDB
Business Services Data Base
BSI
Bundesamt fuer Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (german) [Bonn, Tel. +49-228-9582-0, formerly: Zentralstelle fuer da
BSIC
Base Station Identity Code
BSN
Backward Sequence Number [part of MSU]
BSS
 Business Support Systems(1)
Base Station (Sub-)System(2) [formed of BTS and BSC, connects calls to MSC]
BSSMAP
Base Station (Sub-)System Management Part
BSVCI
Broadcast Signalling VCI [part of ATM meta signalling cell, 2 Byte]
BSZ
Betriebsstellen-Schluesselzahl (German) [6 digits, e.g. 523300]
BT
British Telecom
BTN
Billing Telephone Number
BTS
Base Transceiver Station [GSM term for radio station between handset and BSC with a Cell diameter from 0.5 to 35km]
BTSM
Base Transceiver Station Management
BTX
Bildschirmtext (German)
BUS
Broadcast and Unknown Server
BV
Bearbeitungsvermerk (German)
BW
Bandwidth [part of ATM meta signalling cell, 1 Byte]

C
C
Cell loss priority field [1 bit field, part of ATM header, marks priority of transfered data]
C/I
Carrier over Interference ratio
CA
Client Application(1)
Certification Authorities(2)
Computer Associates(3)
CAC
Call (or Connection) Admission Control [ATM term]
CAF
Core ATM Functions
CAG
Chemical Analysis Group [within HP]
CAI
Client Application Interface(1)
Common Air Interface(2)
CAM
 Common Access Method [programmatic interface between a host adapter (bus interface) and the operating system, used w
CAN
Customer Access Network
CAP
Competitive Access Providers(1)
Common Application Platform(2) [layer of TMOS]
CAPI
Common ISDN API
CASE
Common Application Service Element
CAU
CAUse(1) [part of ATM meta signalling cell, 1 Byte]
Control Access Unit(2)
CAUCP
Control Access Unit Control Program
CB
Channel Bank [e.g. used for TDM with T1 (1.5Mb/s) or E1 (2Mb/s) line]
CBC
Cipher Block Chaining [encryption standard]
CBDS
Connectionless Broadband Data Service [cell based public data transport network]
CBIS
Cincinatti Bell Information System
CBL
Client Business Leads
CBM
Client Business Manager
CBO
Commercial Business Organization [within HP]
CBR
Constant Bit Rate [vs. VBR]
CC
Country Code(1)
Call Confirmed(2)
Call Control protocol(3)
Cross Connect(4)
Customer Care(5)
CC-NUMA
Cache Coherent Non-Uniform Memory Access [base of a consistent, binary compatible processor architecture, pioneered b
CCAF
Call Control Agent Function
CCB
Customer Care and Billing
CCBS
Customer Care and Billing System(1)
 Completion of Call to Busy Subscribers(2) [network will automatically offer the call to the calling party when the called part
CCC
Credit Card Calling
CCCH
Common Control Channel
CCE
Consistency Check End [B-ISDN user part message]
CCEA
Consistency Check End Acknowledgement[B-ISDN user part message]
CCF
Call Control Function
CCI
Command Communicator and Interpreter(1) [in FMP1.1: module, which essentially supports two-way communication betw
Common Client Interface(2)
CCIS
Common Channel Interoffice Signaling [AT&T's name for its signaling subnetwork that transmits trunking control signals on
CCITT
Commite Consultatif International Telegraphique et Telephonique [now: ITU-T, Internationaler beratender Ausschuss fuer d
CCL
Cambridge Consultants LGerman [developer of a multi-media communicating portable future device]
CCLA
Central CLock A [(German) Zentraltaktgeber A]
CCM
Customer Contact Manager [for building state-of-the-art customer service systems]
CCNC
Common Channel signaling Network Control
CCR
Consistency Check Request [B-ISDN user part message]
CCRA
Consistency Check Request Acknowledgement [B-ISDN user part message]
CCRSE
Commitment Concurrency and Recovery Service Element
CCS
Common Channel Signaling(1) [signaling method utilizing a separate path from the voice path]
Canadian Communication Service(2)
CCSN
Common Channel Signaling Network
CCSS
Common Channel Signaling System
CCT
Controlled Cell Transfer [ATM term]
CCV
Credit Card Verification
CD
Call Deflection(1)
 Cell Delay(2) [ATM term]
CDDI
Copper Distributed Data Interface
CDE
Common Desktop Environment [graphical user interface as well as development environment, ensures run time compatibil
CDF
Cumulative Distribution Function(1)
Channel Definition Format(2) [introduced by Microsoft; written in XML]
CDM
Computer District Manager
CDMA
Carrier Detects Multiple Access(1)
Code Division Multiple Access(2) [developed by the military, voice is digitalized and then mixed with a random like code. To
CDN
Corporate Data Network
CDPD
Cellular Digital Packet Data [wireless data networking protocol, suited for bursty data applications]
CDR
Call Detail Record(1)
Call Data Record(2)
CDS
Cell Directory Service [maintains a database of objects in a DCE cell and maps their (human readable) names to their identifi
CDT
Connection-Dropping Threshold
CDV
Cell Delay Variation [influences transfer speed, ATM QOS parameter]
CDVT
Cell Delay Variation Tolerance [ATM QOS parameter]
CE
Computing Element [designator for a single independent processor in a cluster or multiprocessor system on which a separa
CEIR
Central EIR [in Dublin, contains "colour" list data about every piece of mobile equipment in circulation and details about the
CEN
(French) Comite Europeen de Normalisation
CEO
Chief Executive Officer [Vorstandsvorsitzender (German)]
CEPT
Conference Europeene des administration des Postes et des Telecommunications/Conference of European Postal and Telec
CER
Cell Error Ratio [influences transfer accuracy, ATM QOS parameter]
CERN
Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire [founding institution for the WWW]
CERT
Computer Emergency Response Team [US federally funded]
CFB
 Call Forwarding (on mobile subscriber) Busy(1)
Cipher FeedBack(2) mode [encryption method]
CFMP
Cellular Fault Management Package
CFN
ConFusioN [B-ISDN user part message]
CFNRc
Call Forwarding on mobile subscriber Not Reachable
CFNRy
Call Forwarding on No Reply
CFP
Cordless Fixed Part [part of a cordless local loop]
CFRS
Concert Frame Relay Services [for connecting LANs with high bandwidths]
CFU
Call Forwarding Unconditionally
CGA
Carrier Group Alarm
CGI
Common Gateway Interface [a protocol specification for transfering parameters between HTML browsers, servers and exte
CHAP
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
CI
Communication Infrastructure(1) [part of OVDM, provides interoperable capability to SNMP and CMOT]
Coded Information(2) [e.g. WinWord or Excel files, vs. NCI]
CIC
Circuit Identification Code [part of MSU, endpoint identifier]
CIDR
Classless InterDomain Routing [defined by RFC1519; address assignment and aggregation strategy]
CIF
Common Intermediate Format(1)
Cell In Frames(2) [proposed by the Cornell University, enables ATM in LAN]
CIL
Components Integration Laboratories
CIM
Computer Integrated Manufacturing(1)
Customer Information Management (system)(2)
Common Information Model(3) [component of NetPC platform management information technologies]
CIO
Corporate IT Organization
CIP
Channel Interface Processor(1)
Concert Internet Plus services(2) [global carrier network, developed specially for the needs of ISP and Internet Reseller. The
CIR
Committed Information Rate [characterizes the average transfer rate in a frame relay network]
CIT
Computer Integrated Telephony [DEC's telecom platform]
CIX
Commercial Internet Exchange [backbone free of NFSNET restrictions, prompting widespread and more commercial throug
CK
Check Bit [part of MSU]
CKSN
Ciphering Key Sequence Number
CLASS
Custom Local Area Switching Service(1) [includes intra-LATA services such as call waiting, call blocking, automatic number id
Custom Local Area Signaling System(2) [a CO based system that relies on SS7 capabilities to provide AIN services such as eq
CLF
Carrier Line Failure
CLI
Command Line Interface(1) [part of OVw, user interface to maps, MIB or objects, alternative to GUI]
Calling Line Identification(2) [feature of an AIN]
CLIP
Calling Line Identification Presentation [ISDN Service]
CLIR
Calling Line Identification Restriction [ISDN Service]
CLLC
Common Language Location identification Code
CLNAP
Connectionless Network Access Protocol [wide area cell based public data service]
CLNP
ConnectionLess Network Protocol
CLNS
Connectionless Network Server (or Service) [(German) Netzwerkvermittlungsdienst, bei dem Daten uebertragen werden, oh
CLP
Cell Loss Priority [field, part of ATM header, 1b]
CLR
Cell Loss Ratio [influences transfer dependability, ATM OQS parameter]
CLTD
CLock and Tones Distribution
CLTP
Connectionless Transport Protocol [(German) Transportprotokoll, bei dem der Datenaustausch ohne den Aufbau einer (logi
CM
Configuration Management(1)
Communication Management(2)
Continous Media(3) [supports VOD on WWW]
CMAS
Cellular Management System [part of MAS]
CME
CM-Entity
CMIP
 Common Management Information Protocol [OSI(1) Network Management Protocol; used by manager and agent processe
CMIPDU
CMIP Data Unit
CMIS
Common Management Information Service [OSI(1) Network Management Service; enables management applications to co
CMISE
Common Management Information Service Entity (or Element) [set of management services and functions provided to app
CML
Command ManuaL
CMO
Computer organization Marketing and Operations group [HP entity]
CMOT
CMIS Over TCP/IP [requires a light-weight presentation protocol to map from the application to transport layers]
CMR
Cell Misinseration Rate [influences transfer speed by out of sequence cells, ATM QOS parameter]
CMSDB
Call Management Services Data Base
CN
Corporate Network
CNC
CoNCentrator(1)
Configurable Network Computing(2) [object based, provides greater flexibility and scalability than traditional client/server t
CNE
Certified Novell Engineer [Netware oriented]
CNI
Communications Network International GmbH [German group, wireline business, formed by Deutsche Bank (25%), Mannes
CNM
Customer Network Management(1)
Computer Network Management(2)
CNO
Computer News Online [published on ESP(2)]
CNR
Channel Number [e.g. in a ZD-A3]
CO
Central Office(1)
Computer Organization(2) [= CSO + CBO + CPBO + WCSO + PSO]
COBOL
COmmon Business Oriented Language
CoLP
Connected Line Identification Presentation
CoLR
Connected Line Identification Restriction [ISDN Service]
COM
Component Object Model [Wintel limited ...]
CONCERT
 [MCI & BT subsidiary, provides the user (teleco companies) with a single interface to all telecommunication services and ne
CONS
Connection Oriented Network Service [(German) Netzwervermittlungsdienst, der eine (logische) Verbindung ueber das Net
COP
Character Oriented Protocol
CORBA
Common Object Request Broker Architecture [specifies mechanisms and interfaces for building distributed object oriented
COSE
Common Open Software Environment
COSS
Common Object Services Specification [part of OMA]
COT
Central Office Terminal
CP
Coordination Processor
CPBO
Consumer Products Business Organization [within HP]
CPCS
Common Part Convergence Sublayer [part of ATM payload segmentation or reassembly]
CPDE
Computer Products Distribution Europe [HP distribution center, based in Neuhausen nextto Stuttgart]
CPE
Customer Premise Equipment
CPG
Call ProGress(1) [B-ISDN user part message, used in the USA]
Consumer Products Group(2) [HP entity]
CPL
Corporate Price List
CPLC
Custom Product Life Cycle
CPM
Customer Premises Management(1)
Custom Patch Manager(2)
CPO
Computer Products Operation
CPP
Calling Party Pays [charging method in wireless paging, e.g. with DeTeMobil's Scall service]
CPS
Concert Packet Service
CPSO
Channel Products worldwide Support Organisation [HP entity]
CPSS
Control Packet Switching System
CPT
Cooperative Programming Tool(1)
 Cross Platform Toolset(2) [environment for the development of OSF/Motif compliant GUI; developed by Visual Edge Softwa
CPU
Central Processing Unit
CR
Carriage Return
CRADA
Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
CRC
Cyclic Redundancy Check(1) [part of ATM meta signalling cell, 10 Byte, also: part of a X.25 packet, added by sending node, c
Country Response Center(2)
CRS
Cell Relay Service [transport of cells between private local ATM networking equipment]
CRUD
Create Read Update Delete
CS
Connection Segment(1)
Circuit Switch(2)
Client/Server(3)
CSA
Connection Segment Associated
CSBU
Commercial System Business Unit [HP entity]
CSC
Computer Science Corporation [HP channel partner]
CSCW
Computer Supported Cooperative Work
CSD
Computer Services Delivery
CSDG
Computer Sales and Distribution Group [new HP computer sales organisation]
CSE
Cooperative Software Engineering
CSI
Colour Status Indicator(1)
Clearing Subnetwork Identification(2)
CSM
Communications System Monitoring
CSMA
Carrier Sense Multiple Access
CSMA/CD
Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detect
CSNMS
Carrier Service Network Management Systems
CSO
Computer Systems Operation (or Organization)
CSPDN
Circuit Switched Public Data Network
CSPG
Cellular Service Provider Group [as part of FCS(2)]
CSPP
Computer Systems Policy Project [formed by CEOs of the 13 largest computer companies in the USA]
CSR
Customer Service Representatives [working e.g. at help desks or as consultants at customers' sites]
CSS
Cascading Style Sheets(1)
Critical Systems Support(2) [HP WCSO high availability service]
Customer Service System(3)
CSTA
Computer Supported Telecommunication Applications [ECMA standard, defining the communication between a PBX and a
CT2
Second Generation Cordless Telephones [1st generation standard, with max. range of 300m around basestations without a
CTC
Cell Transfer Capacity [influences transfer speed, ATM QOS parameter]
CTD
Cell Transfer Delay [influences transfer speed, ATM QOS parameter]
CTD
Cambridge Technology Group [system consultant and integrator, founded by John Donovan]
CTI
Computer-Telephony Integration
CTIA
Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association
CTM
Cordless Terminal Mobility [interface]
CTR
Common Technical Regulation
CTS
Courier Time Server [synchronizes the time in a WAN with the GTS and other LTSs]
CTSG
CUA
Common User Access
CUG
Closed User Group
CUKEY
Closed User KEY [special key management for closed groups]
CUL
Client Unit Leader
CV
Code Violation
CVNS
Concert Virtual Network Service [Voice communication service]
CVPN
Concert Virtual Private Networks [IVPN service, launched by BT]
CW
Call Waiting [ISDN Service]

D
D-AMPS
Digital American Phone System [US-Standard, vs. GSM]
DA
Directory Assistance(1)
Destination Address(2)
DAB
Digital Audio Broadcasting
DACS
Digital Access Cross-connect Switch (or System)(1) [switches TDM channels among T1 circuits connected to it]
Directory Assistance Charging System
DAM
DECT Authentication Module
DARPA
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DAS
Dual Attached Station
DAT
Digital Audio Tape
DATEX-P
[X.25 network, provided by the Deutsche Telekom AG]
DAUA
Digital Announcement Unit A [(German) Digitalansage A]
DB
Data Base
DBC
Dynamic Buffer Cache
DBMS
Data Base Management System
DBP
Deutsche BundesPost (German)[German Federal Mail]
DBR
Deterministic Bit Rate [ATM term]
DC
Distributed Computing(1) [like DCE(1) or CORBA]
Data Collector(2) [in FMP1.1: module, which collects events from NEs and does a high level parsing before sending the even
DCC
Digital Cross-Connect (system)(1) [Cross-Connector]
Data Communication Channel(2) [2, part of SONET, to enable communication between network elements]
 Data Country Code(3)
DCE
Distributed Computing Environment(1) [a suite of software that enables networked computers to share data and services e
Data Circuit terminating Equipment(2) [e.g. a modem]
DCF
Data Communication Function
DCN
Data Communication Network [helps to connect various TMN components with one another, is used when various function
DCOM
Distributed Common Object Model
DCS
Data Collection Server(1) [e.g. part of FMP-4]
Digital Communication System(2) [1800 Mhz,with ranges from 2*5MHz to 2*75mhz, 1710 - 1785 and 1805 - 1880 MHz, e.g
Digital Crossconnect System(3)
Data Collection Software(4)
Distributed Computing System(5)
Digital Cellular System(6) [equiv2 DCS(2)]
DCS-32
Data Collection Server with 32 RS-232 ports [part of FMP-4]
DCS-64
Data Collection Server with 64 RS-232 ports [part of FMP-4]
DCT
Digital Cordless Telephone(1)
Discrete Clock Transmitter(2)
DDD
Detailed Design Document(1)
Direct Distance Dialing(2)
DDL
Data Definition Language
DDN
Digital Data Network(1) [e.g. realized by HongKong Telecom]
Defence Data Network(2)
DDNS
Dynamic Domain Name Service [by IBM's OS/2; cooperating with DNS]
DDS
Digital Data Storage [industry standard for recording computer data to a DAT]
DDSN
Digital Derived Services Network [AT&T's national IN provided for BT UK]
DDV
Datendirekt-Verbindung (German) [Festverbindung]
DE
Discard Eligibility(1) [bit, informing a frame relay switch about discarding that frame in an overload situation]
Distributed Enterprise(2)
DECIX
Deutscher Commercial Internet Exchange [in Frankfurt]
DECT
Digital European (or Enhanced) Cordless Telecommunications [2nd generation cordless telephone standard, designed to be
DEE
Datenend-Einrichtung (German)
DES
Discrete Event Simulation(1)
Data Encryption Standard(2)
DF1
(German) Digitales Fernsehen 1
DFN
(German) Deutsches ForschungsNetz
DFS
Depth First Search(1)
Distributed File System(2) [part of HP's DCE(1), allows DCE hosts to access each other's files via a consistent global file nami
DGPS
Differntial GPS
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol [advanced IP address management by dynamically assigning IP adresses from a given
DHSD
Duplex High Speed Data
DID
Direct Inward Dialing
DIDM
Distributed Internet Discovery and Monitoring [feature of HP OV NNM4.1]
DII
Dynamic Invocation Interface [allows a program to build a request to an object at run time]
DIS
Draft International Standard [as defined by ISO]
DLC
Digital Loop Carrier(1)
Data Link Control(2)
DLCI
Data Link Connection Identifier
DLU
Digital Line Unit [(German) digitale Teilnehmerleitungseinheit]
DM
Distributed Management [Platform or Element of OV, complete superset of SMNP platform]
DMC
Delivery Management Client(1) [PSO managing tool, To be released in Jan96]
Digital Microwave Corporation(2)
DME
Distributed Management Environment [to be worked on by OSF]
DMI
Definition of Management Information(1)
Desktop Management Interface(2) [component of NetPC platform management information technologies]
DML
Data Manipulation Language
DMM
Distributed Management Module [optional extension to the HP AdvanceStack Hub-8U]
DMO
Direct Marketing Organization [HP entity]
DMS
Document Management System
DMTF
Desktop Management Task Force
DMUX
DeMUltipleXer
DMZ
DeMilitarized Zone [network segment accessible from the internet as well as from the intranet, close to a firewall system]
DN
Distinguished Name(1) [alias FDN]
Directory Number(2)
DNA
Digital Network Architecture
DNBE
Datennetzbedieneinheit (German)
DNFS
Distributed Network File System
DNI
Digital Non Interpolation
DNS
Domain Name Server (or System or Service)(1) [maps system names to IP addresses; see also RFC 1956]
Datennetzsignalisierung (2) (German)
DOG
DECT Operators Group [association of DECT related companies]
DOI
Distributed Object Infrastructure
DOKRYPT
Datei Orientierte KRYPTologie (German) [Windows based software for digital signatures and encrypting functions]
DOD
Department of Defense
DOE
Distributed Objects Everywhere
DOMF
Distributed Object Management Facility
DP
Draft Proposal(1) [as defined by ISO]
Dial Pulse(2)
Desktop Publishing(3)
DPC
 Destination Point Code [part of MSU, Zielpunktcode (German)]
DPE
Distributed Processing Environment
DPM
Digital Performance Monitoring (system)
DPMS
Digital Performance Management System(1) [for monitoring PDH transmission networks]
Data Processing and Management Server(2) [standard component of BMP, contains functions that form a concentration no
DPP
Distributed PrePlan
DPP
Data Post Processing System
DPS
Distributed Print Service(1) [standard print spooling service across the entire networked enterprise; can work with hundred
Domestic Packet Switch network(2) [as operated by VIAG Interkom]
DQDB
Distributed Queue Dual Bus [OSI layer 1 and 2 of MAN standard,aka IEEE 802.6 standard]
DR
Distributed Restoration
DRA
Distributed Restoration Algorithms
DRAM
Dynamic Random Access Memory
DR
Disaster Recovery
DRP
Disaster Recovery Procedure
DRPM
Digital Radio Performance Monitor
DRS
Digital Reference Signal(1) [sequence of bits representing a 1004Hz to 1016Hz signal with a power level equal to one milliw
DECT Radio Site(2) [bundled in DECT islands, controlled by a GDSC]
DRTV
Direct Response TV
DRX
Discontinous Reception
DS
Data Server(1) (process) [e.g. running on IFMS's data collection servers]
Digital Signal(2)
DS1
Data Speed rate 1 (or Digital Signal (Level) 1)[1.544 Mbps, equivalent to 24 voice channels]
DS3
Data Speed rate 3 (or Digital Signal (Level) 3) [44.7 Mbps, equivalent to 28 DS1 signals or 672 voice channels]
DSA
Directory Server Agent(1) [responsible within the X.500 standard for the administration of hierarchical organized informatio
 Data Service Adapter(2) [GSM modem card]
DSAC
Dial Service Administration Center
DSC
[network switch manufacturer]
DSET
Distributed Software Engineering Tools [US company, offers GDMO Agent Emulator]
DSGA
Digital Signal Generator A
DSI
Detailed Spectrum Investigations(1) [as performed by ERO]
Dynamic Skeleton Interface(2)
Data Source Integration(3) [technology used e.g. by HP MeasureWare Agents. It allows customers to integrate resource and
Digital Speech Interpolation(4)
DSII
Dual Stream Instant Ignition [latest release as well as the previour release of the operating system will be available at the sa
DSL
Digital Subscriber Line
DSM
Distributed Systems Management
DSN
Digital Switching Network [(German) Digitales Koppelnetz]
DSOM
Distributed System Object Model
DSP
Digital Signaling Processor
DSPM
DiSPlay Manager [of OpC]
DSPU
DownStream Physical Unit
DSR
Digital Satellite Radio
DSRR
[one of the coming pan-European services or standards]
DSS
Distributed Sample Scrambling [in physical layer in broadband communication]
DSS1
Digital Subscriber System No. 1 [European ISDN standard, will replace German standard 1TR6]
DSSR
Digital Short-range Radio
DSSSL
Document Style Semantics and Specification Language [extended SGML]
DTAP
Direct Transfer Application Part
DTC
 Data(com) and Terminal Concentrator (or Controller) [HP product. Connects to RS232 lines]
DTD
Document Type Definition [see also SGML]
DTE
Data Terminal Equipment [e.g. a PC]
DTF
Digital Transmission Facility
DTI
Department of Trade and Industry
DTM
DeTeMobil [subsidiary of Deutsche Bundespost Telekom]
DTMF
Dual Tone Multi Frequency (signaling) [method for transmitting address pulses (and other signaling information), using a se
DTP
Distributed Telecom Platform
DTR
Digital TRunk [(German) Digitalverbindungsleitung]
DTS
Distributed Time Service [service that synchronizes clocks on DCE hosts with each other and, optionally, with an external cl
DTX
Discontinous Transmission
DUA
Directory Server Agent [responsible within the X.500 standard for the query of DSA initiated by users or applications]
DUP
Data User Part [used for circiutswitched data networks]
DVB
Digital Video Broadcasting
DVD
Digital Video Disc
DVMRP
Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol
DVPN
Domestic Virtual Private Network [as operated by VIAG INTERKOM]
DVV
DatenVerarbeitungsVerantworlicher (German)
DX
Digital Exchange
DXI
Data Exchange Information(1)
(SMDS) Data Exchange Interface(2) [in broadband communication]

E
EA
Expert Advisor(1) [part of an expert system]
 Early Assignment(2)
Event Agent(3) [management service in OV, facilitates event distribution within the network]
Extensible SNMP Agent(4)
EAC
EIR Administration Center [UNIX based application that manages EIR data and interfaces with the CEIR]
EADAS
Engineering and Administration Data Acquisition System
EAM
Enterprise Architecture & Management
EAZ
(German) Endgeraeteauswahlziffer
EBAF
Extended(?) Bellcore Accounting Format [standard billing format]
EC
Event Correlator(1) [e.g. part of FMP(2)]
European Community(2)
Electronic Commerce(3)
ECB
Electronic Code Book [encryption standard]
ECC
Embedded Communications Channel(1)
Error Correction Circuitry(2) [typically used in reference to a type of RAM]
ECDL
Event Correlation Definition Language [used by ECS]
ECIS
European Committee for Interoperable Systems
ECMA
European Computer Manufacturers Association
ECS
Event Correlation Services [based on HPOpenView]
ECSA
Exchange Carriers Standards Association
ECSC
European Customer Support Center [HP customer organization, first contact for PC warranty questions; based in Amsterdam
ECTRA
European Council of Telecommunications Regulatory Authorities
EDA
Electronic Design Automation [integrated design and simulation of electronical circuits and systems]
EDI
Electronic Data Interchange
EDIF
Electronic Design Information Format [a framework for the definition and exchange of electronic design data, including ma
EDIFACT
Electronic Data Interchange For Administration, Commerce and Transport [a collection of information exchange standards
EDM
 Enterprise Desktop Management
EDMS
Enterprise Desktop Management Services
EDP
Electronic Data Processing
EDSS1
European Digital Subscriber System number One [(German) fruehere Bezeichnung fuer das ISDN-Protokoll DSS1]
EDTV
Enhanced Definition TeleVision
EEBU
Extended Enterprise Business Unit [HP Entity]
EENS
European Enterprise Network Strategies
EERP
Extended Enterprise Resource Planning
EF
Enhanced Functions(1)
Event Filter(2) [in FMP1.1: module in MD, which filters alarms send to the FMP server]
EFD
Event Forward Discriminator [object, created and managed by the EA(3). Each application or agent that is interested in rece
EFF
Electronic Frontiers Foundation [privacy and security watchdog organization]
EGP
Exterior (or External) Gateway Protocol [used by all routers attached to the DDN(2), alternative to tcp or udp]
EGSM
Extended GSM
EH
Event Handler
EHPT
EIA
Electronic Industries Association
EIC
European Integration Center
EICD
External Interface Control Document
EIGRP
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol [enhanced version of IGRP, developed by Cisco; uses the same vector algorith
EIP
Ethernet Interface Processor
EIR
Equipment Identification Register [maintained by the network operator]
EIRP
Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power [(German) Guetemass eines Senders]
EISA
Extended Industry Standard Architecture
EISS
Europaeisches Institut fuer System-Sicherheit [located at the univerisity of Karlsruhe]
EL
Event Logger(1) [part of FMP(2)]
Element Layer(2)
ELA
Event Log Agent [part of EMS]
ELAN
Emulated LAN
ELC
Education Life Cycle
EM
Element Management (or Manager)(1)
Expert Modifier(2) [part of an expert system]
Event Manager(3) [component of SNI(3) SMP(3)]
Enterprise Messaging(4)
EMBU
Enterprise Middleware Enterprise Unit [HP entity]
EML
Element Management Layer [see NML and SML]
EMLS
Event Message Logging System [error documentation and distribution system in Siemens IN]
EMML
Extended MML
EMN
EWSD-TMN
EMO
Electronic Mail Operation
EMS
Event Management Service(1) [part of OVDM, provides a mechanism to collect, log and route SNMP or CMIS events in a mu
Element Management System(2) [helps to manage individual devices like modems or routers tied to corporate networks an
EMT
European Management Team [led by Franz Nawratil]
ENM
EWSD Network Management
ENM/OS
ENM/Operating System
ENS
Enterprise Network Strategies
EoB
End of Bus
EOC
Embedded Operations Channel
EOCC
European OSS Competence Circle
EOS
Electronic Output Strategies
EPHOS
European Procurement Handbook for Open Systems [(German) Europaeisches Beschaffungshandbuch]
EPPA
European Public Paging Association
EPS
Enterprise Parallel Server
EQN
Extended Queuing Network
ERB
Editorial Review Board
ERBIS
(German) Einheitliches Rechnergestuetztes BetriebsInformationSelement
ERC
European Radiocommunications Committee [of the CEPT]
ERMES
European Radio MESsaging [GSM-based paging, 2nd generation standard]
ERO
European Radiocommunications Office [permanent organ of the ERC of the CEPT, located in Copenhavn, has the objective o
ERP
Effective Radiated Power
ERS
External Reference Specification [specifying (programmatic) user interfaces]
ES
Errored Second
ES-IS
End System to Intermediate System
ESA
Event Sieve Agent(1) [part of EMS]
European Space Agency(2)
ESBU
Enterprise Systems Business Unit [HP entity]
ESC
Engineering Service Circuits
ESG
Enterprise Server Group
ESIG
European SMDS Interest Group
ESIOP
Environment Specific Interoperability Protocol [part of CORBA 2.0]
ESM
Enterprise System Management(1)
Enterprise Solutions Model(2)
ESMR
 Extended Specialized Mobile Radio
ESN
Electronic Serial Number [of e.g. a mobile handset, see also MIN]
ESO
Enterprise Solution Organization
ESP
Enhanced Service Provider(1)
Electronic Sales Partner(2) [HP internal sales support base]
Encapsulating Security Payload(3) [extension of the IP protocol; by encrypting either IP packets (tunnel mode) or transport
ETC
Enhanced Throughput Cellular [wireless data access protocol, developed by AT&T Paradyne]
ETD
Electrical Time division Demultiplexer
ETDM
Electrical Time Division Multiplexing
ETIS
European Telecommunications Informatics Services [telecom service provider consortium; one of the founders of SPIRIT]
ETM
Electrical Time division Multiplexer
ETNS
European Telephony Numbering Space
ETO
European Telecommunications Office [organisation, located in Kobenhavn (Denmark), providing standardised application p
ETS
European Technical Standard [as convergence layer]
ETS300640
ETS for "Golden Numbers" [confirms the standard key pad layout into four rows of three with the numbers running from le
ETSI
European Telecommunications Standardisation (or Standards) Institute
EUTELSAT
EUropean TELecommunications SATellite organization
EVE
European Videophone Experiment
EVUA
European VPN Users Association [group of multinational companies, founded by Rank Xerox and ICI]
EWOS
European Workshop for Open Systems [(German) Organisation, in der Hersteller und Anwender von offenen Systemen (gef
EWS
Engineer Work Station
EWSD
Elektronisches WaehlSystem Digital (German) [Siemens system]
EWU
EntWicklungsUmgebung (German)
EZ
EntwicklungsZentrum [(German), operated by the German Telekom, 5 sites]
F
FAC
Final Assembly Code
FACCH
Fast Associated Control Channel
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
FAS
Frame Alignment Signal
FBC
FeedBack Control [ATM term]
FBS
Fernbedien- und Steuerbaugruppe (German)
FCAPS
Fault Configuration Accounting Performance Security
FCC
Federal Communications Commission
FCCH
Frequency Correction Channel
FCI
Fibre Channel Interface [155mb/s]
FCS
Frame Check Sequence(1)
Federation of Communications Services(2)
FD-SCSI-2
Fast/Differential implementation of SCSI-2 [10MB/sec, up to 7 devices]
FDCT
Forward Discrete Cosine Transformation
FDD
Frequency Division Duplex
FDDI
Fiber(optic) Distributed Data Interface [ANSI standard for high speed LANs, based on fibre optic, works on a double token r
FDM
Frequency Division Multiplex
FDMA
Frequency Division Multiple Access [used by existing cellular systems by dividing the total band allocated to a cellular opera
FDN
Fully Distinguished Name [a unique sequence of RDNs, constructed by traversing a containment tree from the root to an ob
FD SCSI-2
Fast/Differential implementation of SCSI-2 [10MB/sec, up to 7 devices, used only on older workstations]
FE
Fault Event
FEA
 Front End Agent [part of FMP(2)]
FEBE
Far End Block Error
FEC
Forward Error Correction [error correction method in the GSM standard]
FECN
Forward Explicit Congestion Notification [notifiying bit, informing the next frame relay switch]
FEFA
Far End Failure
FEIP
Fast Ethernet Interface Processor
FEP
Front End Processor [(German) Kommunikationsrechner]
FER
Frame Erasure Rate [(German) Rahmenfehlerquote]
FFM
First Failure to Match
FHSS
Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
FIB
Forward Indicator Bit [part of MSU]
FIFO
First-In, First-Out
FIP
FDDI Interface Processor
FIPS
Federal Information Processing Standard [(German) von NIST verabschiedetes Standardisierungsdokument fuer die Verwen
FIPS60
Federal Information Processing Standard 60
FIRP
Federal Internetworking Requirements Panel [(German) hochrangiges, von NIST eingesetztes Gremium, das Strategien im B
FISU
Fill In Signal Unit [Fuellzeicheneinheit (German)]
FITL
Fibre In The Loop
FLS
Fault Logging System
FM
Fault Management
FMAC
Facility Maintenance and Administration Center
FMAS
Facility Management System [part of MAS]
FMC
Funnel Management Client [PSO managing tool, tracks leads thru the funnel until a deal is either won or lost. To be release
FMO
Future Mode of Operation
FMP
Fault Management Platform(1) [developed by SNO]
Formatted Message Processor(2) [part of FMP(1)]
FMP-1
FMP Single Server Solution
FMP-4
FMP Multiple Server Solution [split between main FMP server and data collection servers]
FMS
FM Solution
FN
Frame Number
FOI
Field Of Interest [such as BITA, EERP, CSD, TINSD, ITSM, EM, ITI and EDMS]
FOIRL
Fiber Optic InterRepeater Link [industry standard for optical fiber products, replaced by 10Base-FL]
FOT
FOrward Transfer(1) [B-ISDN user part message]
Flow Object Transfer(2)
FOTS
Fibre Optics Transmission Systems [electro-optical converter]
FP
Fixed Parts
FPH
FreePHone
FPLMN
Foreign Public Land Mobile Network [vs. HPLMN]
FPLMTS
Future Public Land Mobile Telecommunications Systems [1885-2025 and 2100-2200 Mhz, for global mobile services, with s
FPM
Field Project Management
FR
Frame Relay [new packet switching technology, 56kb/s to 1.5Mb/s, data packets only]
FRF
Field Registration File [possible source for field definition in OVw]
FRSU
Fixed Radio Subscriber Units [component of WiLL]
FS
Functional Specification
FSB
For Small Business
FSBU
Financial Services Business Unit [HP entity]
FSIP
 Fast Serial Interface Processor
FSL
File System Layout
FSM
Finite State Machine
FSN
Forward Sequence Number [part of MSU]
FT
Fault Ticket(1)
Fault Tolerant(2)
FTAM
File Transfer Access Method (or and Management) [(German) "ftp" auf OSI(1) Application Services, interactive file transfer]
FTC
Federal Trade Commission [US antitrust authority]
FTMI
France Telecom Mobiles Internationale [France Telecom subsidiary]
FTP
File Transfer Protocol [TCP/IP based protocol for transferring files, Internet standard]
FTTB
Fiber to the Building [optic fibre network concept]
FTTC
Fiber To The Curb [optic fibre network concept]
FTTH
Fiber To The Home [optic fibre network concept, up to endusers]
FTZ
(German) Forschungs- und TechnologieZentrum
FWD SCSI-2
Fast/Wide/Differential implementation of SCSI-2 [20MB/sec, up to 15 devices]

G
GAP
Generic Access Protocol
GBR
General Business Release [e.g. HP-UX 10.0 version B.10.01, to be released July 95]
GCF
Generic Command Facility
GCRA
Generic Cell Rate Algorithm [ATM term]
GDMO
Guideline for Definition of Managed Objects [defines standard templates describing managed Object Classes and their serv
GDS
Global Directory Service [maintains a database of objects that may exist anywhere in the world and enables DCE programs
GDSC
GSM DECT Site Controller [handling the control of DRS(2)s]
GDSS
Group Decision Support Systems
GEA
Gigabit Ethernet Alliance
GEMS
Generic Element Management Solution [formerly aka INMS]
GEO
Geostationary Earth Orbit [36000 km above ground]
GFC
Generic Flow Control [field, 4 b, part of ATM header, used by UNI]
GfD
Gesellschaft fuer Datenfunk [German consortium for mobile data services]
GFLOPS
Giga FLoating point OPerations per Second
GFO
German Field Organization [within HP]
GFRI
Global Formation and Regional Implementation team [within HP]
GGT
Global Governance Team
GIBN
Global Interoperability of Broadband Networks [international platform for the support of common research and developme
GIF
Graphics Interchange Program [supported by CompuServe, Inc., based on LZW]
GII
Global Information Initiative [launched by the G-7 ministers, at a meeting in Brussels, Belgium, February 25, 1995]
GIOP
General Inter-ORB Protocol
GIP
Global Internet Project
GKV
(German) GeschaeftsKundenVertrieb
GLASS
GLobally AcceSsible Services
GLR
Global Location Register
GMSC
Gateway MSC
GMSK
Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying [Characteristics of the GSM modulation]
GMT
GDMO Modeling Toolkit
GNE
Gateway Network Element
GNIM
 Generic Network Information Model
GNS
Global Network Service [see CONCERT]
GOD
Global Operations Directorate [based on an integrated manager system, managing agents on different vendor devices]
GOS
Grade Of Service
GOSIP
Government OSI Profile [government procedure Guidelines that mandate OSI(1) products from vendors]
GPDS
General Packet Data Service
GPRS
General Packet Radio Service
GPS
Global Positioning System
GPSy
Global Product and pricing System
GPT
GEC Plessey Telecommunications [UK based company; owned 60% by GEC and 40% by Siemens]
GSDN
Global Software Defined Network [ AT&T's VPN]
GSM
Global System for Mobile communications [originally: Groupe Speciale Mobile, pan-European ISDN compatible digital cellph
GSS
Generic Security Standard
GTS
Global Time Server [provides time in a DCE cell]
GTT
Global Title Translation
GUI
Graphical User Interface [part of OVw, e.g. X-Windows, prefered alternative to CLI]
GVPN
Global VPN
GW
GateWay
GWL
GateWay Links

H
HA
High Availability
HAL
Hardware Abstraction Layer [integrated in MS(3)'s Windows NT]
HAS
 (German) HauptAnSchluss
HBCI
Home Banking Computer Interface
HDB
Home Data Base
HDLC
High Level Data Link Control [standardized synchronous securing method]
HD-MM CD
High Density MultiMedia CD [developed by Sony/Philips, data storage capacity 7.4 GB or up to 270 minutes video (MPEG 2)
HDSL
High-bitrate Digital Subscriber Line [with bitrates of 2Mb/s, over symmetrical double copper wires]
HDTTS 50
High Density Thumb Screw, 50 pin
HDTTS 68
High Density Thumb Screw, 68 pin
HDTV
High Definition TeleVision
HEC
Header Error Control [field, part of ATM header, 8b]
HEMS
High Level Entity Management System
HFC
Hybrid Fiber Coax
HFS
Hierarchical File System
HIP
HSSI Interface Processor
HLC
High Layer Compatibility
HLC
High Layer Compatibility
HLD
High-Level Design
HLM
Heterogenous LAN Management
HLP
High Level Parser [in FMP1.1: part of the DC(2), parses events to identify header, footer and the event list]
HLR
Home Location Register [database, contains permanent subscriber information]
HMA
Human Machine Adaption [performs the conversion from the MAF information model to the information model presented
HMMP
HyperMedia Management Protocol [protocol for accessing components of the HMMS; allows object-oriented access to ma
HMMS
HyperMedia Management Schema (or Services) [schema for storing management information; easily extensible; developed
HMP
Host Monitoring Protocol
HMOM
HyperMedia Object Manager [component of NetPC platform management information technologies]
HO
Hand Over [e.g. of a voice channel between a mobile phone and one BTS to the next BTS]
HoB
Head of Bus
HP
Hewlett Packard
HPC
High Performance Computing (or: Computer)
HPLMN
Home Public Land Mobile Network [vs. FPLMN]
HPR
High Performance Routing
HPSL
HP Support Line
HR
Human Ressources
HRTF
Head Related Transfer Function [within VR]
HSC
High Speed Connect
HSCSD
High Speed Circuit Switched Data
HSD
High Speed Data
HSM
Hierarchical Storage Management
HSMR
Hourly Status Message Report
HSN
Home Shopping Network(1) [US-Teleshopping channel]
Hopping Sequence Number(2)
HSSI
High Speed serial Interface [DXI interface, in broadband communication]
HTML
HyperText Markup Language [key specification of WWW, see also URL, HTTP and RFC 1942]
HTTP
HyperText Transfer Protocol [key specification of WWW, see also URL, HTML, RFC 1945]

I
IAA
 IAM Acknowledge [B-ISDN user part message]
IAB
Internet Activities (or Architecture) Board [governing body of the Internet, decides about e.g. standards]
IAHC
Internet Ad Hoc Committee
IAM
Initial Address (Message)(1)
ISDN Access Module(2)
IAR
IAM Reject [B-ISDN user part message]
IAT
Inter Arrival Time [(german) Zeit zwischen der Ankunft zweier ATM-Zellen einer Verbindung]
IBS
Intelsat Business Service
IBT
International Business Traveller(1) [target market for MSS]
Intrinsic Burst Tolerance(2) [(German) annehmbare Burstgroesse]
IC
Interexchange Carriers(1) [see IXC]
Input Controller(2)
InterCompany(3) [HP internally]
ICCS
Integrated Communications Cabling System [offered by SIEMENS]
ICD
International Code Designator
ICE
Intergrated Capacity Expansion
ICF
Information Conversion Function(1) [used in intermediate systems to translate the information model at one interface into
International Cryptography Framework(2) [new security solution for the internet and eCommerce; details include a four pa
ICI
Inter-Carrier Interface
ICIP
Inter-Carrier Interface Protocol
ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol [part of IP for handling errors and control messages, eg ping]
ICO
Intermediate Circular Orbit [for MSS, aka MEO]
ICOEM
IC(3)OEM
ICP
Independent Content Provider
ICS
Intuitive Command Structure
ID
 IDentifier
IDCT
Inverse Discrete Cosine Transformation
IDE
Integrated Development Environment
IDL
Interface Definition Language [defined by OMG (CORBA IDL), declaratory and more complex object specification language t
IDLC
Integrated Digital Loop Carrier
IDN
Integrated Digital Network(1)
Integriertes Text- und Datennetz(2) (German)
IDNX
Integrated Digital Network eXchange
IDR
Intermediate Data Rate
IDSG
Intelligente DatenSichtGeraete (German) [now: PCs]
IE
Internet Explorer [by MS(3)]
IEC
International Electrotechnical Commission(1) [see further information]
Interexchange Carrier(2)
IET
Instant Electronic Translation [future automatic high level language translation capability]
IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force [subgroup of IAB, investigates and solves technical problems, makes recommondations to t
IF
Intermediate Frequency
IFC
Internet Foundation Class
IFF
Identification Friend or Foe
IFMP
Interfacer to FMP Server
IFMPS
Interfacer to FMP Server [in FMP1.1: module in the MD, which sends alarms to the IMD module. Supports bidirectional com
IFU
Instruction Fetch Unit
IGES
Initial Graphics Exchange Specification [Definition of a neutral file format for interchange of 2D and 3D CAD information via
IGMP
Internet Group Management Protocol
IGOSS
Industry/Government Open Systems Specification [(German) gemeinsame OSI-Beschaffungs- und Betriebsspezifikationen d
IGRP
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol [designed by Cisco; monitors the network to determine the status of each route and sele
IIP
Internet Imaging Protocol [developed by Eastman Kodak, Live Picture, Microsoft and Netscape; evaluation software availab
IIOP
Internet Inter-ORB Protocol [part of CORBA]
IKMP
Internet Key Management Protocol
IKZ
(German) ImpulsKennZeichen [traditional method of dual frequency switch control protocol]
ILMI
Interim Local Management Interface [service, enables control of ATM devices and mgmt of a network]
IM
Inventory Management
IMACS
Integrated MAnufacturing Control System
IMD
Interfacer to Mediation Device [in FMP1.1: module in the FMP server, which receives the alarms from the IFMPS module. S
IMEI
International Mobile Equipment Identity [to be checked against the EIR to avoid fraud]
IMSI
International Mobile Subscriber Identity
IMT2000
[see UMTS]
IMTS
Improved Mobile Telephone Service
IN
Intelligent Network [provides collect calls, 800 numbers, VPN and digital cellphone systems, based on SS7 to transfer inform
INA
Information Network Architecure [platform which integrates TMN technologies with DC technologies, specified by Bellcore
INAP
Intelligent Network Application Part [protocol, ETSI Interconnection Standard]
INCL
Intelligent Networked Computing Laboratory
IND
Information Networks Division [part of STG]
INE
Intelligent Network Element
INI
Inter Network Interface
INM
Integrated Network Monitoring
INMARSAT
INternational MARitime SATellite organisation
INMS
 Integrated Network Management System [composed of FMP, NPR and ARS]
INS
Intelligent Network Systems(1)
Integrated Network Servicing(2)
INTELSAT
INternational TELecommunications SATellite organization
INTUG
International Telecommunications Users Group
IOR
Interoperable Object References
IP
Intelligent Peripherals(1) [adjunct to an SCP, plays recorded announcements to the caller to get more infos from digit diallin
Internet Protocol(2) [with following addressing scheme:

Class First Bits   Address space            Reserved for Intranets   Network part Host part
A     0xxxxxxx     0.0.0.0-127.0.0.0        10.0.0.0-10.255.255.255  1 Byte       3 Byte
B     10xxxxxx   128.0.0.0-191.255.0.0    172.16.0.0-172.31.255.255  2 Byte       2 Byte
C     110xxxxx   192.0.0.0-223.255.255.0 192.168.0.0-192.168.255.255 3 Byte       1 Byte
D/E   111xxxxx   224.0.0.0-255.255.255.0                             reserved     0 Byte

; see also RFC1597]

IPC
Inter-Process Communication [e.g. as used by EMN]
IPF
Information Processing Function
IPI
Internal Programming Interface [used by EMN]
IPMH
InterProcess Messaging Handling [part of NetExpert (OSI(2) product)]
IPng
Internet Protocol Next Generation [eg. based on an addressing schema with 16 Byte/address, or 1564 addresses/squareme
IPP
Internet Printing Protocol [suggested by IETF]
IPRA
Internet PCA Registration Authority
IPSEC
Internet Protocol SECurity (working group)
IPSIT
International Public Sector IT(1) group [formed by government officials responsible for communication]
IPSP
IP Security Protocol [supports host-to-host security, and subnet-to-subnet and host-to-subnet topologies]
IPv6
Internet Protocol Version 6 [aka IPng]
IPX
 Internet Packet Exchange (protocol)
IRB
Instruction Reorder Buffer
IRC
Internet Relay Chat
IRDA
InfraRed Data Association [defined a standard for wireless local data exchange, up to 115.2 kbd, HP originated, detailed inf
IRTF
Internet Research Task Force [subgroup of IAB, see also IETF]
IRV
Initial Repeat Value
IS
International Standard [as defined by ISO]
IS-41
US Mobile Architecture
IS-54
US TDMA Standard
IS-95
US CDMA Standard
IS-IS
Intermediate System to Intermediate System protocol [ISO dynamic routing protocol]
ISD
Internet Security Division(1) [HP entity]
Integrated Systems Division(2)
ISDN
Integrated Services Digital Network [basic rate: 2*64kb/s bearer channel (B) + 1*16kb/s for establishing connection (D), pri
ISL
Inter Satellite Links
ISMS
Integrated Service Management System [platform for different EMSs(2) to communicate with each other, e.g. AT&T's Accum
ISN
Internet School Networking (group) [see also RFC 1941]
ISO
International Standards Organisation(1) [with a standardization process flow from DP(1) to DIS to IS. See further informatio
International Software Operation(2) [HP operation, located in Bangalore, India]
Information System Organisation (3) [HP operation, now renamed to IT Germany]
ISP
International Standardized Profile(1)
Internet Service Provider(2)
International Signaling Point(3)
Implementation Support Plan(4)
ISS
Internet Security Scanner
ISSI
Inter-Switching System Interface [(german) Schnittstelle zwischen zwei SMDS-Switches innerhalb eines LATA]
ISSIP
Inter-Switching System Interface Protocol
ISSL
Internet and System Security Lab [HP lab]
ISUP
ISDN User Part [provides ISDN call setup and control, harmonized to work with ISDN access protocol]
ISV
Independent Software Vendor [aka VAB]
IT
Information Technology(1)
Integrated Terminal(2)
Integration Test(3) [part of SVVP]
ITA
IT AdminCenter [ Detailed information]
ITC
Information Technology Center (Europe) [umbrella for the three HP Customer Centers in Grenoble, Brussels and Boeblingen
ITF
Information Transport Function
ITG
Internet Technology Group [HP entity]
ITI
IT Infrastructure
ITO
IT Operation [HP application incorporating HP's industry leading network management platform, HP OpenView Network No
ITP
Integrated Technology Planning
ITSM
IT Service Management
ITT
Invitation To Tender [Angebotsaufforderung (German)]
ITU
International Telecommunication Union
ITU-T
International Telecommunication Union - Telecommunications (Standardization) [formerly: CCITT]
ITU-TC
International Telecommunication Union - Telecommunications Committee [formerly: CCITT]
IVMO
Initial Value of Managed Object
IVoD
Interactive Video on Demand
IVPN
International Virtual Private Networks
IVR
Intelligent Voice Recognition(1)
Interactive Voice Response(2)
IVS
Informations-Verarbeitungs-Service (German) [operated by the german Telekom, 134 sites, controlling up to 20 UNIX-Serve
IWG
HP OpenView Integration Working Group
IWS
Integrated Workflow Services
IWU
(LAN) Interworking Unit [device for interconnecting LANs, e.g. bridge or router]
IXC
Interexchange Carriers Inter-Exchange Companies [long line companies, e.g. in the USA (w marketshare): AT&T (65%), MCI
IuK
Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik(en) (German)

J
JAD
Joint Analysis and Design
JCG
Joint Coordination Group
JDBC
Java DataBase Connectivity [interface definition for a database - application communication, based on Java classes, SQL com
JDC
Japan Digital Cellular [used by all service providers in Japan, with two frequencies around 800MHz and 1.5GHz]
JDK
Jaja DeveloperKit
JEPI
Joint Electronic Payment Initiative
JFS
Journaled File System [aka LFS]
JIT
Just In Time
JITT
Just In Time Training [at the workspace, using multimedia technology]
JMAPI
Java Management API [from SUN]
JPEG
Joint Photographic Experts Group [ISO standards committee, also a method of file compression and a graphics file format. S
JRTS
Java Run Time System [an implementation of JVM for a specific platform, i.e. hardware]
JTAM
Job Transfer And Management
JTC
Joint Technical Committee
JTC 1
Joint Technical Committee 1 [(German) gemeinsamer Ausschuss von ISO und IEC, der speziell fuer Normung im Bereich der
JTM
Job Transfer and Manipulation
JVM
Java Virtual Machine

K
KB
Knowledge Based
KDC
Key Distribution Center [installed at a Kerberos server system]
KDP
Kansai Digital Phone Co. [in Osaka, Japan]
KDS
Key Distribution Service [part of the DCE security service]
KIT
(German) Kernsoftware fuer Intelligente Terminals [improved BTX standard]
KMC
Key Management Center [part of a central security facility for key generation and distribution]
KSP
K-Successively-Shortest Link-Disjoint Path

L
LA
Location Area [typically a bundle of neighboured BTSs]
LAC
Local Area Communications
LAL
Log Access Library [internal module, developed for the HP OV DM 4.1 Event Mgmt system, for developing custom log retrie
LAM
Lobe Access Module
LAN
Local Area Network
LANE
Local Area Network Emulation [LAN emulation on a ATM network]
LAP-B
Link Access Procedure - Balanced
LAP-D
Link Access Procedure - ? [access method within ISDN for level 2 of the OSI model]
LAPD
Link Access Protocol for the D channel
LATA
Local Access and Transport Area [(german) Gebiet, in dem ein Telekommunikationsanbieter Dienste offeriert]
LC
Local Currency
LCN
Local Communication Network
LCP
Link Control Protocol [a Data Link Connection]
LCS
Large Computer Strategies
LCSN
Local Computer Services Network
LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol [describes easy access by clients to X.500 services; see also RFC 1959]
LDBL
Low Density Bail-Lock [50 pin]
LDC
Long Distance Carrier [in USA; AT&T, MCI, Sprint]
LDS
Local Digital Switch
LE
Layer Entity(1)
Local Exchange(2)
LEC
Locale Exchange Carrier(1) [handle local call switching, complemented by LDCs]
LAN Emulation Client(2)
LECS
LAN Emulation Configuration Server
LEN
Line Equipment Number
LEO
Low Earth Orbiting (satellite) [as used in IRIDIUM (780 km), TELEDESIC (700 KM), GLOBALSTAR (1400 km), in general: 700 to
LES
Land Earth Station(1) [for MSS, e.g. Inmarsat relay stations]
LAN Emulation Server(2)
LF
Login Facility(1) [part of the DCE security service]
Line Feed(2)
LFS
Log structured File System [transaction oriented file system; similar to JFS]
LGI
Logistics Group International [one of 3 German CPO distribution companies]
LHS
Left-Hand Side
LI
Length Indicator [part of MSU]
LIDB
 Line Information Data Base
LIP
Line Interconnection Point
LLA
Link Level Access(1)
Logical Layered Architecture(2) [a development concept based upon hierarchical principles in which the architecture can be
LLC
Logical Link Control(1) [based on IEEE 802.2]
Low Layer Compatibility(2)
LLP
Low Level Parser [in FMP1.1: formatter, parses events to identify the message class]
LLR
Local Location Register
LME
Layer Management Entity
LNB
Low Noise Block converter [transposes satellite into wire frequencies]
LOB
Lines Of Business
LOF
Loss Of Frame
LOS
Line Of Sight [surveying method for mobile communication]
LP
Linear Programming(1)
Layer Protocol(2)
LPO
Logical Post Office
LRF
Local Registration File [OV background process oriented]
LS
Lock Server [used by EMN]
LSG
Laserjet Solutions Group [HP entity]
LSS
Large Storage Systems
LSSGR
Lata Switching Systems Generic Requirements
LSSU
Link Status Signal Unit [Zeichengabestreckenzustandszeicheneinheit (German), part of SS7]
LSZ
Leitungsschluesselzahl (German) [3 digits, part of LTGBEZ]
LTE
Line Terminating Equipment
LTG
 Line/Trunk Group [Anschlussgruppen (German)]
LTGBEZ
Leitungsbezeichnung (German) [40 digits: 4d LSZ, 16d Ordnungsnummer, 10d BSZ-A, 10d BSZ-B]
LTS
Local Time Server [provides time in a LAN]
LTU
Licence To Use
LU
Logical Unit
LVM
Logical Volume Manager
LWG
Logical Work Group
LWL
LichtWellenLeiter (German)
LZW
Lempel Zev Welch [compression technology]

M
M
Mandatory(1)
Modulator(2)
M-BRI
Mixed Basic Rate Interface
MA
Map Application(1) [part of FMP(2)]
Manager Agent(2)
MAC
Media Access Control(1)
Message Authentity Check(2)
Message Authentication Code(3)
MAF
Management Application Function [implements actually TMN management services, act in the role of a manger or agent, s
MAIO
Mobile Allocation Index Offset
MAN
Metropolitan Area Network [based on IEEE 802.6 standard, 1.5Mb/s to 140 Mb/s]
Mobitex Access Number(2)
MAP
Multiplexsystem-Anpassungsschaltung (German)(1)
Mobile Application Part(2)
Manufacturing Automation Protocol(3) [influenced by General Motors]
MAPDU
Management Application Protocol Data Unit
MAS
Management Application Systems [parts of TMOS]
MASC
Mobitex ASynchronous Control(1) [protocol for data transmission in the Mobitex packet radio network]
Multi-Application Smart Card(2)
MAU
Media Attachment Unit(1)
Multi-station Access Unit(2) [transceiver for LAN connections]
MBD
Management By Delegation
MBS
Maximum Burst Size(1)
Mobile Business Strategies(2)
MC
Maintenance Center(1)
Managed Console(2)
MultiComputer(3) [as in MC/ServiceGuard]
MCC
Mobile Country Code
MCR
Minimum Cell Rate [ATM term]
MCSE
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer [Windows NT oriented]
MCF
Message Communication Function(1) [allows connection to a DCF provided by the DCN]
Mobile Control Function(2)
MCI
[MCI does not stand for anything. MCI got its start as a microwave communications system for long-haul truckers, and man
Media Control Interface(2)
MCID
Malicious Call IDentification [ISDN service feature]
MCIF
Miniature Card Implementers Forum [with members such as HP, Compaq, Fujitsu, Intel, Microsoft, Nokia, Philips and Sharp
MCMF
MultiCommodity Maximum Flow
MCP
[block-based] Motion Compensated Prediction [used by MPEG]
MCS
Midrange Computing Strategies
McCoI
Multimedia communications Community of Interest
MD
Mediation Device(1) [computers, which mediate between "old" switching equipment and new IN services by adapting from
Message Digest(2)
MDACS
 Modular Digital Access Control System
MDC
Mediation Device Communicator [in FMP1.1: module in FMP server, which allows offline and online configuration of MDs, D
MDF
Main Distribution Frame
MDIS
Mobile Data Intermediate System
MEO
Medium Earth Orbit [as used in INMARSAT-P (10354 km), in general: 6000 to 20000 km above ground]
MF
Mediation Function(1) [routes and/or acts on information passing between standardized interfaces like an OSF and an NEF
MultiFrequency (pulsing)(2) [vs. DTMF, used for signaling between switching systems]
MFLOPS
Mega FLoating point OPerations per Second
MHS
Message Handling System [X.400, OSI compliant email]
MHX
[Mobitex (German) egionalvermittlungen]
MHX1
[Mobitex (German) Hauptvermittlungen]
MIA
Multivendor Integration Architecture [internal program of NTT to reduce cost of ownership of IT equipment]
MIB
Management Information Base [collection of object definitions in a virtual storage, specifies the management variables wh
MIC
Management Integration Consortium
MIF
Management Integration Format [s.also DMTF/DMI]
MIM
Management Information Model
MIME
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension protocol [spcifications for dedicated document types; email extensions for transferrin
MIN
Mobile phone Number [of e.g. a mobile handset, see also ESN]
MIP
Multichannel Interface Processor
MIPS
Million Instructions Per Second
MIS
Management Information Service
MISTER COOL
Multimedia ISdn TERminal for COoperation Over Long distances
MIT
Management Information Tree(1)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology(2)
ML
MultiLink
MLHG
MultiLine Hunt Group
MLHG
Managed Leased Line Network [SIEMENS product]
MLS
Multi Level Secure (system)
MM
Mobile Management(1)
MultiMedia(2)
MMBG
Multi-Media-BetriebsGesellschaft [subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG (27%), further network operators (18.5%), Ufa, CLT (
MMC
Man-Machine Commands(1)
Microsoft Management Console(2)
MMF
Memory Mapped Files [fast file access for applications with POSIX and OSF AES compatible MMF calls]
MML
Man-Machine Language [e.g. used by Siemens EWSD/NC(2) communication]
MMM
MultiMedia eMail
MMTS
MultiMedia TeleServices
MNC
Mobile Network Code
MNP
Microcomputer Networking Protocol [wireless data access protocol, developed by Microcomm]
MO
Managed Object [Contents of a MIB]
MOA
Mobitex Operators Association [with members such as GfD]
Mobitex
[1st generation trunked (Fern-(German)) radio standard, for cellular data package communication with up to 64kb/s, develo
MOC
Maintenance and Operations Console(1)
Maintenance and Operations Center(2)
Managed Object Class(3)
Mobile Originated Call(4) [call started from a mobile handset]
MOCS
Managed Objects Conformance Statements
MOEOC
Message Oriented Embedded Operations Channel
MOI
Managed Object Instance
MOM
Manager of Managers(1) [managing regional OMCs or device managers]
Manager Object Model(2)
MOT
Managed Object Toolkit [OV DM4.1 based development environment, as MOT 2.0 (for Y2kC) based on OV DM 5.03, for CM
MOTIS
Message Oriented Text Interchange System
MoU
Memorandum of Understanding
MOX
[(German) Ortsvermittlungen]
MPAK
Mobitex PAcKet [base data unit for information transfer, up to 512B; available MPAK types: status, text, data or HPdata]
MPC
Multimedia Personal Computer(1)
Multiprocess Communications(2)
MPCC
Multiprocessor Common Control
MPCH
Main Parallel CHannel
MPCS
Mission Planning and Control Station [software]
MPEG
Moving (or Motion) Pictures Expert Group [standards committee, also a method of file compression and a graphics file form
MPG
Medical Products Group
MPI/A
Message Processing Interface [on OpC mgmt server]
MPPC
Multipurpose Parallel Processing
MPPF
Multipoint Protocol Polling Function
MPT-1327
[1st generation trunked (Fern-(German)) radio standard]
MPTy
Multiparty
MS
Mobile Station(1)
Management Station(2) [standard component of BMP, contains functions for all aspects of network, systems and applicatio
MicroSoft(3)
MSA
Metropolitan Statistical Area [see SMSA]
MSC
Mobile (services) Switching Centre [Netzuebergabe(steuer)punkt in einem GSM-Netz (German), switches traffic to and from
MSISDN
 Mobile Station ISDN number
MSN
MicroSoft Network(1)
Multiple Systems Networks(2)
Multiple Subscriber Numbers(3) [supported by DSS1]
MSRM
Mass Storage Reference Model
MSRN
Mobile Station Roaming Number
MSS
Mobile Satellite Services(1)
MAN Switching System(2)
MSU
Message Signal Unit [Nachrichtenzeicheneinheit (German), part of SS7, for transferring UP information between nodes, ave
MSV2
[protocol supported e.g. by Siemens EWSD switches]
MT
Message Type(1) [part of ATM meta signalling cell]
Mobile Termination(2)
MTBF
Mean Time Between Failure
MTC
Message Type Code [part of MSU]
MTP
Message Transfer Part [part of SS7, Level 1-3, contains the necessary mechanism that ensures reliable functional signal mes
MTR
Mean Time to Repair
MTS
(1)[GSM operating consortium in Moscow]
Multimedia TeleSchool for european personnel development(2)
MTSO
Mobile Telephone Switching Office
MTTR
Mean Time To Repair
MTU
Maximum Transmission Unit [limitig the size of IP packets]
MUI
[server ?]
MUL
Mobile User Links
MUNDI
MUltiplexed Network for Distributive and Interactive services
MUX
Multiplexer
MVI
 MultiVendor Interaction
MVP
MultiVendor Platform
MVW
MeldungsVerWaltung (German) [message management, graphical user interface in EMLS for displaying and processing eve
MVWSV
MVW SerVer [in EMLS the central process on the server workstation for manging event reports]
MWA
MeasureWare Agent

N
NACD
Network Automatic Call Distribution [a CO service for ACD]
NACK
Negative ACKnowledgment
NANP
North American Numbering Plan
NAP
Network Access Point
NASC
Number Administration Service Center
NB
Netz-Betreiber (German)
NBR
New Business Release
NBS
National Bureau of Standards [in the USA]
NC
Network Computer(1)
Node Commander(2) [Siemens element manager for EWSD]
NCC
Network Colour Code(1)
Network Control Center(2)
NCI
Non Coded Information [e.g. scanned pages, vs. CI(2)]
NCL
Networks Coomunications Laboratory
NCP
Network Control Point(1)
Network Control Propram(2) [controlls the FEP]
Network Core Protocol(3) [by Novell]
NCSA
National Center for Supercomputing Applications(1) [located at University of Illinois, develoved Mosaic]
National Computer Security Association(2)
NDC
National Destination Code
NDIS
Network Device Interface Specification
NDS
Network Documentation System(1)
Novell Directory Services(2)
NE
Network Element [in FMP1.1: functional block, which sends events (reports or alarms) to an MD]
NEBS
Network Equipment Builder Standard
NEF
Network Element Function(1)
Network Element Function block(2) [functional block which communicates with the TMN for the purpose of being monitore
NEFA
Near End Failure
NEI
Network Element Interface [modular components to connect to NEs for the acquisition of usage data, key enabler of BMP s
NEL
Network Element Layer
NEP
Network Equipment Provider
NES
Network Element Server [standard component of BMP, contains the BMP core functions]
NEST
Network Embedded System Technology [developed by Novell]
NET
Norme Europeenne de Telecommunications
NetBIOS
Network Basic Input Output System
netmon
NETwork MONitor [HP OpenView IP discovery process, polls SNMP agents to initially discover the network topology and the
NetPC
Net Personal Computer [with reduced costs of business computing]
NEXT
Near End CrossTalk
NFS
Network File System [developed by SUN]
NGI
Next Generation Internet [aka Internet2]
NHR
Next Hop Resolution
NHRP
Next Hop Routing Protocol [allows routers to dynamically discover the data link address for other routers on a WAN cloud;
NIC
 Network Independent Clocking(1)
Network Information Center(2) [or Inter-NIC, responsible for world-wide assigning IP addresses]
Network Interface Card(3)
National ISDN Council(4)
NID
Node ID
NII
National Information Infrastructure [synonyme for US government plan for an information highway]
NIS
Network Information Service
NISP
Network Inventory & Service Provisioning [application provided e.g. by Accugraph for Omnitel]
NIST
National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIU
Network Interface Unit
NIUF
National ISDN Users Forum
NLM
Network (or Netware[?]) Loadable Module
NLP
Network Layer Protocol
NLPID
Network Layer Protocol ID
NLS
Network License Server(1) [HP developed, selected as part of DME]
Native Language Support(2) [functional interface of the XPG for supporting international applications]
NM
Network Management
NMAS
Network Management System [part of MAS]
NMC
Network Management Center (1)
National Management Centre (2)
NMCS
NMC System
NME
Network Management Entity
NMF
Network Management Forum
NML
Network Management Layer
NMM
Network Map Management [governs propagation rules to reflect the status of parent devices on the hierarchical tree upon
NMO
 NM Option(1)
NetMetrix Operation(2)
NMS
Network Management System
NMT
Nordic Mobile Telephone [network technology]
NNI
Network-to-Network Interface [specification for switch-to-switch communication, vs. UNI]
NNM
Network Node Manager [OV product]
NNTP
Network News Transfer Protocol
NOC
Network Operation Center
NOS
Network Operating System
NPA
Network Planning Area
NPC
Network Parameter Control
NPR
Network Performance Reporting [performance management application by Metrica Corp.]
NPS
Network Planning System
NPSI
Network Packet Switching Interface [IBM mainframe's method of linking to X.25]
NRM
Network Resource Management [B-ISDN user part message]
NRR
Network Restoration Ratio
NS
Network Systems
NSA
Network Systems Architecture lab(1)
Non-Service-Affecting(2)
National Security Agency(3)
NSAP
Network Service Access Point
NSAM
Network, System and Application Management (functions)
NSF
National Science Foundation [supplier of Internet backbones]
NSFNET
National Science Foundation NETwork [with certain commercial restrictions applied to its use, which fostered the creation
NSM
 Network Status Monitor(1) [process within the OSM module. Looks at CMIS events that indicate statuschanges on DDN]
Networked Systems Management(2)
Network Service Module(3)
NSMD
Network and Systems Management Division [located in Fort Collins, Co. USA]
NSN
Network Services Node
NSP
Network Services Part(1)
National Signaling Point(2)
NSS
Network (and switching) Sub-System [switched network including MSC, HLR and transit switches]
NSTC
National Science and Technology Center
NT
Network Termination
NTE
Network Terminating Equipment
NTP
Network Transaction Processors(1) [computing part of HLR]
Network Time Protocol(2) [a time-synchronization program that keeps all the systems in your network synchronized with ti
NTT
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
NTTC
National Technology Transfer Center
NUI
Network User Identification
NVoD
Near Video on Demand

O
O
Optional
OACSU
Off Air Call Set Up
OAM
Operation, Administration, Management (or Maintenance)
OAM&P
Operation, Administration, Management (or Maintenance) and Provisioning
OAP
Organisation Alignment Process
OAS
Open Application Server
OASIS
 Open And Secure Information Systems
OBN
Out of Band Noise
OC
Operations Channel(1)
Operation Center(2)
Output Controller(3)
OC
Open Collaborative Environment
ODBC
Open DataBase Connectivity [interface definition for a database - application communication, developed by Microsoft, see
ODI
Open Datalink Interface [introduced by Novell and Apple in 1989]
OE
Originating Equipment(1)
OrganisationsEntwicklung(2) [German]
OED
OptoElectronics Division [by HP]
OEM
Original Equipment Manufacturer
OEMF
Open Element Management Framework [formerly aka GEMS]
OFA
Oracle Flexible Architecture [methology for supporting multiple Oracle DB versions on one server]
OFB
Output FeedBack mode [encryption standard; sometimes used for asynchronous data streams e.g. from ttys]
OFD
Optical Frequency division Demultiplexer
OFE
Open Fincial Exchange [written in XML]
OFM
Optical Frequency division Multiplexer
OFTEL
OFfice of TELecommunication [in the UK]
OFX
Open Financial eXchange
OGL
Operator GuideLines
OGP
Object Generic Part
OID
Object IDentifier
OIM
Operations Interface Module(1)
OIMCF
 OIM(1) Common Functions
OIMDF
OIM(1) Dedicated Function
OIS
Office Information System [including groupware and workflow management technology]
OLE
Object Linking and Embedding
OLTP
OnLine Transaction Processing performance]
OM
Operational Measurement [data collecting by Metrica/NPR]
OMA
Object Management Architecure [specified by OMG; contains 4 components: ORB, object services, common facilities and a
OMAP
Operation and Maintenance Application Part [for network managing functions, part of SS7](1)
Operation Maintenance and Administration Part(2)
OMC
Operation and Maintenance Center [subordinate management system]
OMCS
OMC System
OMG
Object Management Group [nonprofit international corporation made up of a team of dedicated computer industry profes
OML
Output ManuaL
OMP
Operation and Maintenance Processor(1) [computing part of HLR]
Open Management Platform(2) [supporting different standard protocols like SNMP, CMIP or legacy]
OMT
Object Modeling Technique
ONA
Open Network Architecture
ONE
Open Network Environment [distributed by Netscape]
ONKZ
Ortsnetzkennzahl (German) [6 digits, part of BSZ]
ONP
Open Network Provision [EEC directives, specify interconnection of different national networks or tariff policies]
OO
Object Oriented (or Orientation)
OOD
Object Oriented Design
OOS
Out Of Service
OP
OmniPoint [TMN standard]
OPAL
OPtische AnschlussLeitung (German)
OPC
Originating Point Code [part of MSU, Ursprungsadresse (German)]
OPI
Open Protocol Interface
ORB
Object Request Broker [part of CORBA, responsible for transfering method calls and their results between client and target
ORS
Object Registration Service [part of OV, creates and maintains global directory of agents, their locations and their protocols
OS
Operating System(1)
Operation Support(2)
Open Systems(3)
OSF
Open Software Foundation(1) [find more here]
Operation System Function(2) [processes information related to telecommunications management for the purposes of mon
OSI
Open Systems Interconnection(1) [a logical structure for network operations standardized by the ISO, a seven layer OSI net
Objective Systems Integrators (2) [software supplier of NetExpert system for managing networks, competitor to FMS]
OSIE
Open Systems Interconnection Environment
OSIRM
Open Systems Interconnection Reference Model
OSLP
Operation Service Logic Program
OSM
Object Status Map [application of IFMS. Collection of processes that maintain the status of the DDN maps and display it to
OSPF
Open Shortest Path First [routing protocol; link-state-based interior gateway protcol; defined in RFC1247]
OSS
Operation Support (or Sub-) Systems [Betriebsunterstuetzungssysteme (German), handle service provisioning like ordering
OSSD
Open Systems Software Division
OSSO
On-Site Service Order
OSTF
Object Services Task Force
OTC
Operating Telephone Company
OTD
Optical Time division Demultiplexer
OTDM
Optical Time Division Multiplexing
OTP
 One Time Password [see also RFC 1938; 64 bit sized; derived from the S/Key algorithm of Bellcore]
OTS
OSI(1) Transport System [HP product name]
OUI
Organizational Unique Identifier [part of a SNAP header]
OV
Open View [HP INMS platform, vs. IBM's NetView or DEC's DECmcc]
ovactiond
[SNMP event action daemon, for automated responses to selected events]
OVDM
OpenView Distributed Management
ovfmsadpd
HP OpenView FMP Async Device Proxy Daemon [transcribes in the DCS alarmmessages - received via RS232 ports - into a co
ovspmd
HP OpenView Supervisory Process Manager Daemon [handles ovstart, ovstop and ovstatus requests]
ovtopmd
HP OpenView TOPology Manager Daemon [maintains the network topology tables. These Tables store netmon polling valu
OVw
Open View Windows [common graphical user interface that integrates the presentation of network and system manageme

P
PABX
Private Automatic Branch eXchange[cordless in-house mobile standard, (German) private Nebenstellenanlage]
PACK
Positive ACKnowledgment
PACS
Personal Access Control System(1)
Personal Access Communication System(2) [a frequency division duplex TDMA system, developed by Bellcore]
PACT
Program for the ACceleration of Technology
PAD
Packet Assembler/Disassembler
PAGCH
Paging and Access Grant Channel
PAP
Pathword Authentication Protocol
PAR
Parameter Field [part of MSU]
PAS
Publicly Available Specification [(German) oeffentlich verfuegbare Spezifikationen (ohne Beachtung gewerblicher Schutzrec
PBX
Private Branch Exchange [(German) private Nebenstellenanlage]
PC
Personal Computing(1)
 Priority Control(2)
Principal Consultant(3)
PCA
Policy Certification Authority
PCDATA
Parseable Character DATA [reserved XML keyword]
PCH
Paging Channel
PCI
Protocol Control Information [either separate or as part of a PDU]
PCL
Printer Control Language
PCM
Pulse Code Modulation
PCMCIA
Personal Computer Memory Card Interface Association(1)
People Can't Make Clear Intuitive Acronyms(2)
PCN
Personal Communication Network
PCO
Product Change Order
PCP
Programmable Communication Processor
PCR
Preventive Cyclic Retransmission(1) [cyclic retransmission of all unacknowledged frames on an idle link, applied to satellite
Peak Cell Rate(2)
PCS
Personal Communication Service [(e.g.) a virtual network service for private users, equivalent to PCN, common expression i
Performance Collection Software(2) [HP product]
PCSA
Personal Computing Systems Architecture
PCT
Private Communications Technology [introduced by Microsoft, for data encryption within Microsoft's Internet Explorer 2.0,
PD
Protocol Discriminator(1) [part of ATM meta signalling cell]
Photo Diode(2)
PDA
Personal Digital Assistant
PDC
(Japanese) Personal Digital Cellular(1) [a microcellular system in Japan]
Password Delivery Center(2)
PDF
Portable Document Format [developed by Adobe in 1993]
PDH
Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy [recent standard, rates in Europe: E1 - 2Mb/s, E2 - 8Mb/s, E3 - 34Mb/s, E4 - 139Mb/s, use
PDL
Public Distribution List
PDM
Product Data Management
PDU
Protocol Data Units(1) [e.g. GetRequest, GetNextRequest, GetResponse, SetRequest and Trap, to be supported by SNMP ag
ProDuktionsUmgebung(2) [German]
PEI
Peak Emission Interval [(German) kleinster erlaubter Abstand zwischen zwei ATM-Zellen einer Verbindung]
PEM
Privacy Enhanced Mail [encrypting software, used by NCSA]
PEP
Packetized Ensemble Protocol(1)
Protocol Extension Protocol(2)
PF
Presentation Function [performs the general operations to translate the information held in the TMN information model to
PFF
Proprietory FMP Format [to be used by a mediation device to communicate with the FMP server, comprising of three comp
PGP
Pretty Good Privacy [encrypting software, used by NCSA]
PHP
Personal Handy Phone [had to be renamed to PHS, for PHP is the name of a well known publishing house in Japan]
PHS
Personal Handy phone System [developed in Japan, will start mid '95 in Japan, at 1880-1900 MHz, with TDMA/TDD access t
PIC
Personal Intelligent Communicator [mobile communication supported PDAs]
PICS
Platform for Internet Content Selection(1)
Protocol Implementation Conformance Statements(2)
PID
Protocol Identifier [part of a SNAP header]
PIM
Protocol Independent Multicast [used between routers so they can track which multicast packets to forward to each other
PIN
Personal Identification Number
PIR
Project Issue Report
PKS
Public Key Service [key management and distribution system for inter-enterprise, lawful, authentical and confidential comm
PKV
(German) PrivatKundenVertrieb
PLCP
Physical Layer Convergence Protocol
PLE
Path Length Efficiency
PLMN
Public Land Mobile Network [entire network which provides operator's service to subscribers, including radio and switching
PLT
Pay Load Type
PLUS
Professional Labor Utilization System [tracks time spent by people in the PSO and associates it with specific engagements a
PM
Performance Monitoring
PMD
Physical Medium Dependent (layer) [provides the point-to-point communications between stations in the network]
PMO
Present Mode of Operation
PMR
Private Mobile Radio
PMS
Project Management System
PNA
Parallel Network Architecture [shared BSTs, BSCs and MSCs by two logically separate networks, e.g. in UK's PCN by Unitel a
PNC
Paging Network Controller
PNE
Path Number Efficiency
PNP
Private Numbering Plan [interesting for large corporate customers]
POCSAG
Post Office Code Standard Advisory Group [1st generation paging standard]
POH
Path section OverHead
POI
Point of Interconnect [with other operator's network, typically with the fixed network]
PON
Passive Optical Network
POP
Point of Presence(1)
Post Office Protocol(2) [important for using the Netscape Navigator for e-mail, alternative: OpenMail; see also RFC 1939]
POR
Plan Of Records
POSIT
Profiles for OSI Technologies
POT
Point of Termination [marking the point at which the local exchange carrier's service ends]
POTS
Plain Old Telephone Service [traditional voice services, vs. VANS]
PP
Portable Parts
PPG
Personal Information Products Group
PPM
Pulse Position Modulation [as used IRDA high speed extensions]
PPP
Point-to-Point Protocol [allows computers to use the TCP/IP protocol and become a full-fledged Internet member with a st
PPSN
Public Packet-Switched Network
PRI
Primary Rate Interface [ISDN multiplex connection, supports S2M interface (with 4 wires), 30 * 64kb/s (B channels, 2Mb/s)
PRISM
Performance, Relilience, Integration, Security and Management [HP 9000 64-bit PA-8000-based server series]
PRM
Premium Rate(1)
Process Resource Manager(2) [HP tool for real memory and CPU resource allocation, for meeting service delivery objective
PROMIS
PROsecutor Management Information System [developed by Inslaw, for linking different electronic sources in a context dep
PS
Pruefschleife(1) (German)
Protocol Stack(2)
Packet Switch(3)
Privilege Service(4) [part of the DCE security service]
PSAP
Public Safety Answering Point [public facility designated to receive and respond to emergency calls]
PSD
Personal Security Devices [such as smart cards]
PSDN
Public Switched Data Network
PSG
Personal Systems Group [HP entity]
PSK
Phase Shift Keying
PSM
Personal Storage Management
PSN
Packet-Switched Network
PSO
Private Service Operator(1)
Professional Services Organisation(2)
PSPDN
Packet Switched Public Data Network [based on X.25]
PST
Product Service and Tariff administration
PSTN
Public Switched Telephone Network
PSVCI
Point-to-Point Signalling VCI [part of ATM meta signalling cell, 2 Byte]
PT
Payload Type [3 bit field, part of ATM header, identifies user or contol data]
PTI
Payload Type Identifier
PTM
Packet Transfer Mode
PTO
PTT
Postal Telegraph and Telephone [quasi- or full government regulatory agencies and communications service suppliers of m
PU
Physical Unit
PUK
PIN Unblocking Key (or Personal Unlocking Key) [aka Super PIN]
PVC
Permanent Virtual Connection (or Channel or Circuit)
PWAC
Present Worth of Annual Charges
PWCE
Present Worth of Capital Expenditures
PWT
Personal Wireless Telecommunications [new name for the licenced DCT1900 as well as the unlicenced WCPE cordless techn

Q
Q3
[OSI(1) Network Management basic protocol stack]
QA
Q Adaptor
QAF
Q Adaptor Function [used to connect as part of the TMN those non-TMN entities which are NEF-like and OSF-like; the respo
QAM
(German) Quadratur-Amplitudenmodulation
QAS
Quasi Associated Signaling [in QAS signaling links are separated from the transmission route but are switched via the STP]
QCIF
Quarter Common Intermediate Format
QIC
Quarter-Inch Cartridge tape
QMS
Quality Maturity System
QOS
Quality Of Service
QPSK
 Quadrature Phase Shift Keying [modulation technique, used by PHS]

R
R-2000
[1st generation cellular standard]
RA
Return Alarm
RACE
Research and development for Advanced Communications in Europe
RACH
Random Access Channel
RADIUS
Remote Authentication Dial In User Service [developed by Livingston Enterprises; secure client/server based log in procedu
RAI
Remote Alarm Indication
RAID
Redundant Array of Inexpensive (or Independent) Disks
RAM
Reset AcknowledgeMent [B-ISDN user part message]
RAN
Radio AN
RAO
Revenue Accounting Office
RARP
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol [to bind a LLA to an IP address]
RAS
Remote Access Service [by Windows NT]
RBER
Residual Bit Error Rate
RBOC
Regional Bell Operating Company
RCO
Response Center Organisation [HP operation, CRC]
RCR
Research and development Centre for Radio systems [based in Japan]
RDB
Relational Data Base
RDBM
Relational Data Base Management
RDN
Relative Distinguishing (or Distinguished) Name [constructed by an object instance's distinguishing attribute, together with
RDS
Radio Data System
RDSS
 Radio Determination Satellite Service [for determining positions]
RDT
Remote Digital Terminals
REL
RELease [B-ISDN user part message]
RES
RESume(1) [B-ISDN user part message]
Radio Equipment and Systems(2) [ETSI technical committee
RF
Radio Frequency
RFC
Request for Comment [e.g. proposed by IETF working groups and accepted as Internet TCP/IPStandards]
RFI
Request for Information
RFP
Request for Proposal
RFQ
Request for Quotation [(German) Angebot]
RFT
Request for Technology [process to evaluate technologies]
RFTR
Radio Frequency Transmission and Receiving
RHS
Right Hand Side
RI
Reference Indicator(1) [part of ATM meta signalling cell, 2 Byte]
Ring-In(2)
RIL
Radio Interface Layer
RIP
Routing Information Protocol(1) [interior routing protocol, used by the routing process on Berkeley derived UNIX systems]
Raster Image Processor(2) [part of postscript representation]
RKB
Ring Knowledge Base
RL
Repeat Limit
RLC
ReLease Complete [B-ISDN user part message]
RLP
Radio Link Protocol [variable data rate up to 9600b/s, provides error-free data channel, with frame sizes of 192b]
RM
Recovery Manager
RMC
Regional Management Centre
RMI
 (Java) Remote Method Invocation
RMON
Remote network MONitoring
RMS
Remote Monitoring System
RNIS
Reseau Numerique a Integration de Services [ISDNin France ("Numeris")]
RNMC
Regional Network Management Center
RNUD
Raw Network Usage Data units
ROA
Recognized Operating Agency(1)
Return On Assets(2) [German: Rentabilität]
ROP
Rapid OpenView Prototyping [HP developed methology to deliver a quality OV environment]
ROSE
Remote Operation Service Entity (or Element) [generic OSI service that allows applications to invoke requests and reply inte
ROSI
RadiO SIgnaling protocol
RPC
Remote Procedure Call [(German) Aufruf von Programmen auf remote systems, for client/server applications]
RPCU
Radio Port Control Unit
RPM
Resource and Performance Management
RPOA
Recognized Private Operating Agency
RR
Radio Resource management
RS
Receive Signature(1)
Registry Service(2) [part of the DCE security service]
RSA
Rivest, Shamir and Adleman [asymmetrical encrypting method, using a private and a public key, named after the developer
RSE
Real System Environment
RSM
Radio Subsystem Management(1)
ReSet (Message)(2) [B-ISDN user part message]
RSN
Remote Service Network [developed by Stratus; operates as a continous direct line between the customer site and Stratus'
RSVP
resource ReSerVation Protocol [proposed by IETF, enables reservation of bandwidth in TCP/IP networks, eg. for movies]
RTP
 Real Time Protocol [alternative to TCP; allows real time audio and video on WWW]
RTSE
Reliable Transfer Service Element
RVSA
Remote Variant Selection Algorithm [functionality of TCN]
RXLEV-DL
Received Level Downlink
RXLEV-UL
Received Level Uplink
RXQUAL-DL
Received Quality Downlink
RXQUAL-UL
Received Quality Uplink

S
SA
Service Affecting(1)
Security Association(2)
SAA
Systems Application Architecture(1)
Service Affecting Alarm(2)
SAAL
Signaling ATM Adaptation Layer
SABM
Set Asynchronous Balanced Mode
SACCH
Slow Associated Control Channel
SACF
Single Association Control Function
SAM
Subsequent Address (Message) (1) [B-ISDN user part message]
Suspicious Activity Monitor(2)
System Administration Manager(3)
SAN
Satellite Access Network point
SAP
Service Access Point [provides access to layers of the OSI reference model]
SAPI
Service Access Point Identifier
SAR
Segmentation And Reassemby(1) [mapping of variable length data frames to ATM cells and vv]
Service Assurance Representative(2)
SAS
Service Activation System(1)
 Single Attached Station(2)
SBR
Statistical Bit Rate [(German) ATM-Uebertragungsdienst fuer variable Bitraten]
SC
Shared Channel
SCAP
Smart Card Administration Package
SCC
Switching Control Center(1)
Satellite Control Center(2)
SCCP
Signaling Connection Control Part [connects sophisticated database management and OSI network service compatibility, of
SCE
Service Creation Environment
SCEF
Service Creation Environment Function
SCF
Service Control Function
SCH
Synchronosation Channel
SCP
Service Creation Point(1) [contains call completion data; queries are sent to the SCP from the STP; a response message is se
Service Control Packet(2)
Service Control Point(3) [high volume transaction computer systems which centralise info for enhanced services; control co
SCPC
Single Channel Per Carrier
SCR
Sustainable Cell Rate
SCSI
Small Computer Systems Interface [industry standard interface, used primarily for mass storage]
SCSI-2
SCSI revision 2 [see also FD SCSI-2, FWD SCSI-2 and SE SCSI-2]
SCZ
Strategisches Computer Zentrum (German) [operated by the German Telekom, 6 sites, each responsible for appr. 20 IVS, se
SDCCH
Standalone (or Secondary) Dedicated Control Channel [GSM-Signalisierungskanal]
SDD
Super Density Disc [developed by Toshiba/Warner, data storage capacity 10 GB or up to 280 minutes video (MPEG 2) with 3
SDDI
Shielded Twisted Pair Distrituted Data Interface
SDF
Service Data Function [like DB]
SDH
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy [Standard for Transmission Lines ,eg Framing and Multiplexing, New Technology, CCITT versi
SDK
 Software Developers Kit
SDL
Specification and Description Language [used to design in a SCE] (1)
Sales and Delivery Leads (2)
SDLC
Synchronous Data Link Control [uses subset of HDLC]
SDP
Service Data Point
SDQL
Standard Document Query Language
SDR
Special Drawing Right
SDRP
Source Demand Routing Packet [see also RFC 1940]
SDS
Software Distribution Service [industry standard (OSI and POSIX 1003.7.2) product, integrated into OV]
SDU
Software Distribution Utilities(1) [developed by HP, based on DME] /
Service Data Unit(2) [exchangeable between the different layers of the OSI reference model]
SDW
Self-Development Workshop (German) [1 day training, offered by HP Germany Training & Consulting]
SE SCSI-2
Single-Ended implementation of SCSI-2 [5MB/sec, up to 7 devices]
SEAS
Signaling Engineering and Administration System [part of the OMAP]
SEF&I
Software, Engineering, Furnished & Installed
SEP
Signalling End Point [part of SS7, Endpunkt fuer Zeichengabenachrichten (German)]
SEPP
Secure Electronic Payment Protocol specification [developed by Mastercard, IBM, Netscape GTE and Cybercash, vs. STT]
SES
Severely Errored Seconds
SET
Secure Electronic Transaction
SF
Service Field(1)
Status Field(2)
SF/MF
Single Frequency/Multi Frequency Signal
SFAX
Security FAX [Windows based software for file encryption with direct transmission capability via PC fax cards]
SFH
Slow Frequency Hopping
SFILE
 Security FILE [Windows based software for local file encryption]
SFNB
Security Finance Network Bank [first internet bank]
SFR
Société Francaise du Radiotelephone [French GSM provider]
SFS
System File Server
SG
Study Group [of the ITU-T]
SGC
? [runs a sustained transfer rate of 50 MB/sec]
SGI
Silicon Graphics Inc
SGM
SeGMentation [B-ISDN user part message]
SGML
Standard Generalized Markup Language [set of codes used to format documents, described in ISO 8879]
SGMP
Simple Gateway Monitoring Protocol [predecessor of SNMP]
SHN
Self-Healing Network
SHTTP
Secure HTTP
SI
Service Indicator [part of MSU]
SIB
Service Independent Building Block
SIC
Structured Intellectual Capital
SID
Silence Descriptor frame
SIE
Status Indication Emergency [link test feedback]
SIF
Signalling Information Field(1) [part of SS7, Zeichengabeinformationsfeld (German)]
Standard Interchange Format(2)
SIG
Solution Integration Group (1)
Special-Interest Group (2) [e.g. formed by OSF members, to define the scope and requirements for RFTs]
SIID
Service Instance ID
SIM
Subscriber Identity (or identification) Module
SIMM
Single Inline Memory Module
SIN
Status Indication Normal [link test feedback]
SIO
Signalling Information Octet [part of SS7, Diensteinformationsoktett (German)]
SIOS
Status Indication Out of Service [link test feedback]
SIP
SMDS Interface Protocol(1) [differentiatable in layer 1, 2 or 3]
SIR Interaction Pulse(2)
SIR
Serial InfraRed physical layer link [as used IRDA high speed extensions]
SISA
Supervisory and Information System for local and remote Areas
SIU
Signaling Interface Units [building block of SS7 platform, connecting to the network]
SKIP
Simple Key management for IP [key management protocol which defines the way in which encryption and authentication k
SL
Service Logic [Logic of services, available to customers, part of SMAS]
SLA
Service Level Agreement [confirming e.g. maximum response time or maximum system downtime, between IT mgmt and it
SLEE
Service Logic Execution Environment [for creation, testing and deployment of services]
SLEL
Service Logic Execution Language [primitives, used with SDL]
SLIP
Serial Line Internet Protocol [see also PPP]
SLP
Service Logic Program(1) [created in a SCE, usually running on an SCP]
Single Line Protocol(2) [X.75]
SLS
Signaling Link Selection (Code)(1) [part of MSU]
Softlanding Linux System(2)
SLTE
Signaling Link Termination Equipment
SLU
Subscriber Line Unit
SLVM
Shared Logical Volume Manager [available with HPUX 10.10]
SM
Service Management(1)
Short Message(2) [up to 160 chars]
Statistical Multiplexing(3)
Security Module(4) [with fast encryption, up to 20 Mb/s]
Service Monitor(5) [or DE/sm; monitors the health of distributed services and applications; discovers automatically services
SMAE
Systems Management Application Entity
SMAF
Service Management Agent Function(1)
Service Management Access Function(2)
SMAP
Systems Management Application Process
SMAPM
Systems Management Application Protocol Machine
SMART
Service Management Automation and Re-engineering Team [networking team of the NMF]
SMAS
Service Management System [part of MAS]
SMASE
(OSI(1)) Systems Management Application Service Element [(German) Anwenderteil fuer die Realisierung objektorientierte
SMC
(System and) Service Management Center(1) [operated by DBP Telekom] /
Status Manager Client(2) [part of FMP, provides user interface to operators]
SMCP
Short Message Control Protocol
SMDS
Switched Multimegabit Data Service [packet oriented broadband data service, operated over MANs]
SMF
Service Management Function
SMFA
Specific (or System) Management Functional Area [e.g. five SMFAs as defined]
SMFU
System Management Functional Unit
SMG
Special Mobile Group [technical committee within ETSI, developing extended GSM and 3rd generation technologies like UM
SMI
Structure of Management (or Managed) Information [set of rules for defining or describing managed objects contained in t
SMIP
Serice provider Multichannel Interface Processor
SMK
Shared Management Knowledge
SML
Service Management Layer [see EML and NML]
SMLA
Subscriber Line Module Analog [(German) Teilnehmeranschlussbaugruppe fuer analoge Anschluesse im EWSD]
SMLD
Subscriber Line Module Digital [(German) Teilnehmeranschlussbaugruppe fuer digitale Anschluesse im EWSD]
SMORG
Small and Medium busines ORGanizations [with a small organization having < 100 people/PCs and a medium organization w
SMP
 Symmetric Multi-Processing (or Processor)(1) [workstation capabilities, each processor has the same affinity for I/O and me
Simple Management Protocol(2)
Service Management Point(3) [administration computer for IN services]
SMPC
Shared Memory Parallel Computer
SMRP
Short Message Relay Protocol
SMS
Short Message Service(1)
Service Management System(2)
Status Manager Server(3) [part of FMP, receives e.g. outage schedules from SMCs(2) and notifies Event Correlators and Net
Storage Management Services(4)
System Management Server(5) [developed by Microsoft, comparable to HP's OpC/AdC solutions]
Satellite Multiservice System(6)
SMSA
Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area [areas based on counties as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau that are cities of 50,0
SMSC
Short Message Service Center
SMSCB
Short Message Service Cell Broadcast
SMSMO/PP
Short Message Service Mobile Originating Point to Point [created on a hand set]
SMSMT/PP
Short Message Service Mobile Terminating Point to Point [read on a hand set]
SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol(1) [layer 6, Internet standard]
Short Message Transport Protocol(2)
SN
Service Node(1)
Switching Network(2) [(German) Koppelnetz]
SNA
(IBM's) System Network Architecture [de facto standard protocol for data networks]
SNAP
Sub-Network Access Protocol
SNCC
Signaling Network Control Center
SNI
Service Network Interface(1)
Subscriber Network Interface(2)
Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG(3)
SNM
Signaling Network Management(1) [part of SS7, Zeichengabenetzmanagement (German)]
[Solstice] SunNet Manager(2) [Sun's traditional network management platform solution]
Security Network Management(3)
SNML
 Subnetwork Management Layer [see NEML]
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol [defines a simple protocol by which management information for a network elemen
SNO
Singapore Networks Operation [responsible for Customer Network Mgmt and platforms for billing data collection services]
SOCRATES
System Of Cellular RAdio for Traffic Efficiency and Safety
SOE
(Bellcore) Standard Operating Environment
SOH
Section OverHead
SOM
System Object Model
SONET
SDH Optical Network Synchronous Optical Network [entspr. SDH, US Standard,
rates STS-1 52Mb/s
STS-3 /STM-1 - 155Mb/s (most important, STM-1c: concatenation of 3 STS-1 sections),
STS-9 /STM-3 - 466Mb/s,
STS-12 /STM-4 - 622Mb/s (STM-4c: concatenation of 4 STS-3 sections),
STS-18 /STM-6 - 933Mb/s,
STS-24 /STM-8 - 1244 Mb/s or
STS-48 /STM-16 - 2488Mb/s]
SOPI
Service Order Provisioning Infrastructure
SOS
Service Order System
SP
Signaling Point
SPC
Signaling Point Code(1) [part of SS7, Signalisierungspunktcode (German)]
Stored Program Control(2)
SPCS
Satellite Personal Communications Services(1) [in the bands 1610-1626.5/2483.5-2500 Mhz and 1980-2010/2170-2200mhz
Stored Program Control System(2)
SPE
Synchronous Payload Envelope
SPEC
Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation
SPI
Smart Plug-In [for HP OV ITO]
SPID
Service Profile IDentifier [part of ATM meta signalling cell]
SPIRIT
Service Providers' Integrated Requirements for Information Technology
SPMD
 Systems Program Management and Development (division) [HP Entity]
SPOF
Single Point Of Failure
SPP
Scalable Parallel Processor
SPU
System Processing Unit
SPX
Sequenced Packet eXchange
SQL
Structured Query Language
SR
Source Routing
SRES
Signed RESult
SRF
Specialized Resource Function
SRN
Service Reference Number
SRT
Source Routing Transparent
SS
Supplementary Services management
SS7
Signaling System #7 [Zeichengabesystem Nr. 7 (German) <--> Nutz, internationally standardized protocol used for common
SSCF
Service Specific Coordination Function [mapping between SSCOP and application protocol]
SSCOP
Service Specific Connection Oriented Protocol [provides reliable ATM based data transfer between two users]
SSCP
Service Switching and Control Point
SSCS
Service Specific Convergence Sublayer
SSD
Storage Solution Division(1) [HP entity]
System Status Display(2) [alarm surveilance, used by EMN]
SSDG
Solution Sales & Delivery Group [HP entity]
SSF
Service Subscriber Field(1) [part of MSU]
Service Switching Function(2)
SSI
Support System Interface(1)
Service Script Interpreter
SSIP
 Standard Serial Interface Processor
SSL
Secure Socket Layer [encrypting protocol, used by Netscape, network encryption and authentication tool, designed to prev
SSN
Sub System Number
SSP
Service Switching Point [switching computer for IN services; uebernehmen vermittlungstechnische Aufgaben im IN (German
SSS
Switch(ing) Sub-System(1)
Self-Synchronous Scrambling(2) [in physical layer in broadband communication]
STA
Spanning Tree Algorithm
STD
Systems Technology Division
STDM
Synchronous Time Division Multiplexing
STE/SB
Security Terminal Equipment/Security Base
STG
Systems Technology Group [former HP Organisation]
STL
Standard Template Library [part of C++ standard]
STM
Synchronous Transfer Mode [SDH level]
STP
Signaling Transfer Point(1) [part of SS7, Transferpunkt fuer Zeichengabenachrichten (German), connect SSPs and SCPs, usua
Shielded Twisted Pair(2)
Spanning Tree Protocol(3)
STS
Synchronous Transfer (or Transport) Signal [SONET level]
STT
Secure Transaction Technology [developed by VISA and Microsoft, vs. SEPP]
SUERM
Signal Unit Error-Rate Monitor [a link error rate monitor]
SUL
Segment Unit Leader
SUM
Software User Manual(1)
Software Update Manager(2)
SUMR
Satellite User Mapping Register
SUS
SUSpend [B-ISDN user part message]
SUT
System Under Test
SVC
Switched Virtual Connection
SVOICE
Security VOICE [set for authentical and confidental voice communication, ISDN based]
SVVP
Software Verification and Validation Plan
SWCM
SoftWare Call Manager
SWOT
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threads
SWSG
Software Safeguarding [used by EMN]

T
TA
Technically Advisory(1) [procedures issued by Bellcore, may turn into Trs]
Terminal Adapter(2)
TAA
Type Approval Authorities
TAC
Telecom Architecture Consultancy(1)
Type Approval Code(2)
TACACS
Terminal Access Controller Access Control System [communication protocol used by Cisco terminal servers to ask a host (ca
TACF
Terminal Access Control Function
TACH
Traffic and Associated Channel
TACS
Total Access Communication System [network technology]
TAE
(German) TeilnehmerAnschlussEinrichtung
TAF
Terminal Adaption Function
TAN
Total Area Network
TAP
Telecommunications Application Platform(1) [layer of TMOS] /
Transferred Account Procedure(2) [GSM based call charge data exchange]
TAPI
Telephony API [developed by Intel and Microsoft, see also TSAPI, part of Windows NT 4.0]
TAS
Terminal Activation Service
TAXI
 [lower cost ATM LAN, based on AMD TAXI chip, 100Mb/s]
TBD
Technischer Betrieb Daten (German) [Telekom-Regionalinstanz]
TBR
Technical Basis for Regulation
TC
Transmission Convergence(1) [part of ATM]
Transaction Capabilities(2)
TC-ISP
Transaction Capabilities Intermediate Service Part [of SS7]
TCA
Threshold Crossing Alert
TCAP
Transaction Capabilities Application Part [of SS7, designed for application type information transfer, lets a switch call and in
TCB
Trusted Computing Base
TCBU
Technical Computing Business Unit [HP entity]
TCH
Traffic Channel
TCN
Transparent Content Negotiation [between web server and browser; functionality of HTTP1.1]
TCOS
Telekom Chipcard Operating System
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol(1)
Telecomm Computer Platform(2)
TDB
Temporary DataBase
TDD
Time Divion Duplex
TDM
Time Division Multiplexing(1)
Technical Document Management(2) [product data management system for the management of scanned documents]
TDMA
Time Division Multiple Access [by diving a radio channel into time slots. Each conversation is converted to a digital signal w
TDN
Telekom Designed Network [by DBP Telekom]
TE
Terminal Equipment
TEBEZ
Technische Einrichtungsbezeichnung (German) [26 digits: 10d BSZ, 3d Raum, 2d Reihe, 3d Gestell, 2d Einbauplatz, 3d Baugr
TED
TriTeal Enterprise Desktop
TEDOS
 TEchnisches DOkumentationsSystem (German)
TEI
Terminal Equipment (or Endpoint) Identity(1)
Text Encoding Initiative(2) [SGML language]
TELNET
TELetype over NETwork protocol
TEM
Telecom Equipment Manufacturer [or Vendor]
TEMPEST
Transient Electromagnetic Pulse Emanation STandard [defines limits for short timed electromagnetic radiation]
TEP
Telecom Equipment Provider
TETRA
Trans European Trunked RAdio [2nd generation trunked radio standard, (German) Buendelfunksystem, intended for use in
TFTP
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
TFTS
Terrestrial Flight Telephone System [one of the coming pan-European services or standards]
TG
Trunk Group
TGS
Ticket Granting Server [installed at a Kerberos server, part of the DCE security service]
THT
Token Holding Time [maximum token holding time by a station operating according to the token passing principle, as defin
TI
Transaction Identfier
TIA
Telecommunication Industry Association [US bound]
TIB
Task Information Base
TIBIS
(German) Telekomm-Integrierendes Büro- InformationsSystem
TIC
Telecom Industry Consultant
TIFF
Tag Image File Format [graphics file format, used in many paint, imaging and DP programs, developed by Aldus Corp.]
TIM
Telecom Industry Marketing
TINA
Telecommunications Information Networking Architecture
TINSD
Telecom/ISP Network Service Delivery
TIS
Trusted Information Systems
TISC
 Telecom Industry Solution Center (Team)
TK
Telekom(munikation) (German)
TL1
[NE-Message-Protokoll, "fundamental", BellCore based, US-verbreitet, trotzdem NE-spezifisch, Alternativen: proprietory co
TLD
Top Level Domain [controlled by the IAHC; e.g. net, ord, de]
TLDN
Temporary Local Directory Number
TLI
Transport Layer Interface
TLP
Transmission Level Point [used to determine the power of a test signal]
TMF
Telecommunication Management Framework [HP OpenView based]
TMIP
[DEC offered NEM platform]
TMN
Telecommunication Management Network [forthcoming Q3 standard for managed object classes and their properties, defi
TMN/6000
[IBM offered TMN platform, comparable to HP's OV]
TMO
Test & Measurement Organization [within HP]
TMOS
Telecommunications Management & Operations Support [Ericsson application]
TMS
Truth Maintenance System(1)
Trouble Management System(2)
TMSI
Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity
TMU
Telecom Marketing Units [based on the TSBU entities]
TN
Timeslot Number(1)
Telecommunications Network(2)
TND
Telecom Network Division [formerly TNO]
TNO
Telecom Network Operation [Grenoble, responsible for Intelligent Networks, Telecom Network Management and Mobile S
TO
Telecom Operator
TOP
Technical and Office Protocols
TP
Transaction Processing
TP/CN
[OSI(1) standard]
TPC4
Transport Class 4
TPD
Telecom Platforms Division [based in California, formerly TPO(2)]
TPO
Telecom Products Operation(1)
Telecom Platform Operation(2) [Cupertino, responsible for Intelligent peripherals, Central Office compliance and specialised
TR
Technical Requirement(1) [Bellcore procedure]
Technical Reference(2)
Token Ring(3)
TRAMS
TRAvel Management System
trapdTrap Daemon [process to manage SNMP events]
TRAU
Transcoder and Rate Adaptor Unit
TRIP
Token Ring Interface Processor
TRP
Technology Reinvestment Project

Trade Requested UpdatE process [consists of an order letter sent to each support contract customer informing them of a n
TRX
Transceiver [Transmitter-Receiver]
TS
Telecom Service(1)
Traffic Shaping(2)
TSA
Time Slot Assignment
TSAPI
Telephony Service API [interface for connecting telephone equipment and PC networks, developed by Novell and AT&T, se
TSB
[standards organisation]
TSBU
Telecom Systems Business Unit [represented by TNO, SNO and TPO]
TSC
Telephone Switching Center(1)
Transit Switching Center(2) [switch in the network sub-system without an associated BSS, handles transit traffic to a POI]
TSCO
Test and Measurement Services and Consulting Operation [formerly AEO]
TSI
Time Slot Interchange
TSL
 Timeslot(1)
Technical Scripting Language(2) [used by Metrica]
TSP
Telecom Service Provider
TSPS
Traffic Service Position System [provides operator services]
TSR
Terminate and Stay Resident
TT
Transaction Tracker(1) [part of MeasureWare]
Trouble Ticket(2)
TT&C
Telemetry, Tracking and Command [(German) Steuerkommandos zur Uebertragung und Bewegungskontrolle]
TTID
Trouble Ticket IDentifier
TTL
Time To Live
TTP
Trusted Third Parties
TTRT
Target Token Rotation Time [maximum token rotation time, as defined by MAC(1), eg. as implemented in FDDI]
TTS
Trouble Ticketing System
TTT
Telecom Technology Team [Grenoble]
TU
Tributary Unit [(German) Unterabteilung des VC-4 fuer Zubringersignale geringerer Bandbreite]
TUBA
Tcp/ip and Udp with Bigger Addresses [alternate proposal for extending the IP address space, see also IPng]
TUG
Tributary Unit Group
TUP
Telephone User Part [provides non-ISDN call setup and control, part of SS7]
TWAIN
Toolkit Without An Important Name [software interface between a scanner and scanner software]
TWLT
Trunk With Line Treatment

U
UA
Unnumbered Acknowledge
UAS
Unavailable Second
UBA
 Unblocking Acknowledgement [B-ISDN user part message]
UBL
Unblocking [B-ISDN user part message]
UBR
Unassigned (or Unspecified) Bit Rate [(German) ATM-Uebertragungsdienst ohne spezifizierte Dienstguete]
UDF
User Defined Function
UDI
Unrestricted Digital Information (service) [used for fast connection set up, in GSM-MSCs]
UDP
User Datagram Protocol
UI
Unnumbered Information
UIM/X
[latest version of Interface Architect]
UMTS
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System [post-GSM with 2Mbps, integration with B-ISDN, 3rd generation standard wi
UNCTAD
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development [see also ACIS]
UNI
User(-to-)Network Interface [interface specification by the ATM forum, vs. NNI] or Unified Network Interface
UNMA
Unified Network Management Architecture [AT&T product]
UNO
Unified Network Objects [OMG proposed RPC standard, transport protocol for CORBA 2.0]
UP
User Part(1) [Anwenderteil]
Usage Processing(2)
UPA
User Part Available [B-ISDN user part message]
UPC
Usage Parameter Control [ATM term]
UPS
Uninterruptible Power Source
UPT
Universal Personal Telecommunications(1)
User Part Test(2) [B-ISDN user part message]
URL
Uniform Resource Locator [address of a document on the World Wide Web]
USI
User System Interface
USL
Uniform Resource Locator [key specification of WWW, see also HTTP and HTML]
USHR
Unidirectional Self-Healing Network
USR
User-to-user Information [B-ISDN user part message]
USRD
User and Software Requirement Document
USS
US Sprint [Ldc, owned by US Telecom]
UT
Unit Test [part of SVVP]
UTP
Unshielded Twisted Pair [aka EtherTwist]
UUID
Universally Unique IDentifier [special data type, guaranteed to be unique in all time and space]

V
V.23
[(German) spezifiziert 600/1200-Bit-Modems zur Benutzung im oeffentlichen Fernsprechwaehlnetz, nur noch fuer BTX von
V.24
[(German) Definition der physikalischen Schnittstelle zwischen Datenend- und Datenuebertragungseinrichtungen]
V.25
[(German) spezifiziert automatische Waehl- und/oder Anrufbeantworter im oeffentlichen Fernsprechwaehlnetz sowie die A
V.29
[(German) Halb-Duplex-Datenuebertragung mit maximal 9600 Baud fuer FAX-Modems]
V.35
[(German) beschreibt die Schnittstelle zwischen Modems, die ueber das oeffentliche Telefonnetz verbunden sind. Data rate
VAB
Value Added ? [aka ISV]
VAG
VRML Architecture Group
VAM
Verband der Anbieter von Mobilfunkdiensten (German) [Interest group of German service providers]
VANS
Value Added Network Services [vs. POTS]
VAS
Value Added Service
VASP
Value Added Service Provider
VBM
Virtual Bank Manager [application developed by Five Paces Software; co-sold by HP]
VBN
Vermittelndes Breitbandnetz (German)
VBR
Variable Bit Rate [vs. CBR]
VC
Virtual Channel(1) [e.g. in broadband communication]
 Virtual Connection(2)
VC-4
Virtual Container level 4 [(German) enthaelt die Nutzdaten bei einer Geschwindigkeit von 140 Mb/s]
VCC
Virtual Channel Connection
VCI
Virtual Channel Identifier(1) [16 bit field, part of ATM header, identifies channels between 2 users]
Virtual Circuit Identifier(2)
VCP
Value Creation Process
VCSEL
Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser
VDP
Video Datagram Protocol [adapts datastream to given net bandwidth in WWW]
VDSL
Very high rate Digital Subscriber Line
VE
Vermittlungseinheit (German)
VEA
Very Early Assignment
VEBEL
(German) (Verfahren zur Auswertung von) VErkehrsBELastungen
VFN
Vendor Feature Note
VFS
Virtual File System
VGA
Video Graphics Adapter
VGAnyLAN
Voice Grade Any LAN [supports IEEE 802.12 high speed LANs at 100Mbps as well as IEEE 802.3 LANs at 10Mbps]
VGNV
(German) VerkehrsGebuehrenNachVerarbeitung
VIA
Vendors ISDN Association [founded by 13 network interested companies, e.g. Bay Networks, Cisco, Intel, Microsoft, Motoro
VIAG
Vereinigte Industrie-Unternehmungen Aktiengesellschaft [not used after 1972]
VIP
Versatile Interface Processor(1)
Virtual Internet Practice(2)
VLR
Visitor Location Register [database maintained by the MSC, contains temporary subscriber information]
VME
VersaModule Europe
VMS
Voice Mail Service
VMSC
Voice Mail (or Message) Service Center(1)
Visited MSC(2)
VMZ
(German) VerkehrsManagementZentrale
VOD
(or: VoD) Video On Demand
VOAIC
Video mOSAIC
VOT
Televoting
VP
Virtual Path [collection of VCs]
VPC
Virtual Path Connection
VPI
Virtual Path Identifier [8 bit field, part of ATM header]
VPLS
Verkehrsmittelübergreifendes Planungs- und LeitSystem (German)
VPM
Veraenderungen Persoenlich Meistern (German) [2 days training, offered by HP Germany Training & Consulting]
VPN
Virtual Private Network [private network functionality provided over an public IN]
VPNS
Virtual Private Network Service
VR
Virtual Reality
VRML
Virtual Reality Modeling (or Markup) Language
VSAT
Very Small Aperture Terminal
VT
Virtual Terminal
VTAM
Virtual Telecommunications Access Method
vtp
[OSI(1) standard]
VUE
Visual User Environment

W
WABI
Windows Application Binary Interface [developed by SunSoft]
WACS
 Wireless Access Control System [similar to DECT, developed in the US]
WAIS
Wide Area Information Servers [InterNet based easy to use searching system on documents]
WAN
Wide Area Network
WARC
World Administrative Radio Conference
WATS
Wide Area Telephone Service [transparent to the caller, automatically switched to a remote e.g. customer care center]
WBEM
Web Based Enterprise Management [component of NetPC platform management information technologies]
WC
Wireless Carrier [entity providing wireless services]
WCSO
Worldwide Customer Support Operations [HP entity]
WDM
Wavelength Divion Multiplexing
WILL
Wireless (in the) Local Loop [aka radio in the local loop, operating with a wireless accessed but fixed subscriber unit per sub
WIMAN
Wireless MAN [developed by Altvater, with up to 128kb/s]
WIN
(German) Wissenschaftsnetz [central component of the DFN]
WINS
WIndows Name Service [by MS(3); cooperating with DNS]
WINTEL
WINdows/INTEL [nick name]
WISC
Wireless System Controller [provides radio channel control functions, serves as performance monitoring concentration poin
WLL
Wireless LocalLoop [see also DECT and CDMA; spanning the "dirty last mile" to the customer's handset]
WM
Workforce Management
WMI
Windows Management Interface [component of NetPC platform management information technologies]
WMS
Workflow Management System
WORM
Write Once - Read Multiple [second storage media]
WSF
Workstation Function block [provides the means to interpret TMN information for the management information user, inclu
WSY
Workstation System Division [HP Entity]
WTEC
Worldwide Technology Expert Center
WUPE
Wireless User Premises Equipment
WWDC
World Wide Developers Conference
WWW
World Wide Web [InterNet based hypertext document search system, (German) also Weiter Weltweit Warten]
WYSIWIS
What You See Is What I See
WYSIWYG
What You See Is What You Get

X
X.20
[(German) spezifiziert die Schnittstelle zwischen DTE und DCE fuer Start/Stop-Betrieb in oeffentlichen Datennetzen]
X.21
[(German) spezifiziert die Schnittstelle zwischen Datenendeinrichtungen und Datenuebertragungseinrichtungen fuer Synch
X.25
[packet switched data service, with channels up to 64kb/s, based on the three lower Levels of the OSI model, see also DATE
X.31
[transfer (interface) between ISDN and X.25]
X.75
[signalising protocol between X.25 switches]
X.400
[mailing protocol, OSI(1) standard]
X.500
[public directory service, e.g. DNS, OSI(1) standard]
XBM
X BitMap graphics file format [standard for (monochrome) bitmap image files in the X Window system, see also GIF]
XDR

eXternal Data Representation [Standard for machine independant data structure representation]
XFDN
X/Open FDN
XML
eXtensible Markup Language [next generation HTML]
XMP
X/Open Management Protocol [provides the TMN application developer with a C-language interface to the underlying CMI
XNS
Xerox Network Systems
XOM
X/Open OSI abstract-data Manipulation [a C-language interface designed for for use with application-specific FDN that prov
XPG
X/Open Portability Guide
XPM
 X11 color PixMap format
XTI
X/Open Transport Interface
XWD
X11 Window Dump

Y
Y2kC
Year 2000 Compliancy

Z
ZAT
Zielorientiertes Arbeiten im Team (German) [4 days training, offered by HP Germany Training & Consulting]
ZAW
Zero Administration Windows [by Microsoft]
ZD
Zeitmultiplex-Datenumsetzer (German)
ZEPM
ZentralEinheit fuer Pruefen, Messen und Melden (German)
ZG
Zeichengabe (German)
ZGS
Nr.7 Zeichengabesystem Nr. 7 (German)[aka SS7]
ZZK
Zentraler Zeichengabekanal (German) [allows to signal up to 1600 voice lines]

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on address headers and 48 data bytes. ATM is the first packet-switched technology designed from the ground up to support integrated vo
TCP/IP and SNMP]
rated usage environments such as city center offices and transport hubs, developed in Europe, see also PHS]
to support integrated voice, video and data communication applications. It is well-suited to high-speed WAN transmission bursts. ATM cur
mission bursts. ATM currently accommodates transmission speeds from 64 Kbps to 622 Mbps. ATM may support gigabit speeds in the fut
gigabit speeds in the future.]